. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. SWAMP WHITE OAK. (Jiicrciis jilatiuiouJcs (Lam.) Fig. 194. Fruiting branchlet with detached acorns and an assortment of leaves, i ; branchlet inwinter, 2. 195. Trunk of tree near Albany, N. Y. Handbook or Tkees of the Nortiieen States and Canada. 1 The Swamp White Cak is ii tree commonlyeO or 70 ft. ill ^ht with trunk 2 or 3 thickness, hut Avhcn crowded hy other treesin forest growth has In-en known to attaintlie height of DO or 100 ft. The short stouttrunks of isolated tr
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. SWAMP WHITE OAK. (Jiicrciis jilatiuiouJcs (Lam.) Fig. 194. Fruiting branchlet with detached acorns and an assortment of leaves, i ; branchlet inwinter, 2. 195. Trunk of tree near Albany, N. Y. Handbook or Tkees of the Nortiieen States and Canada. 1 The Swamp White Cak is ii tree commonlyeO or 70 ft. ill ^ht with trunk 2 or 3 thickness, hut Avhcn crowded hy other treesin forest growth has In-en known to attaintlie height of DO or 100 ft. The short stouttrunks of isolated trees are sometimes 0 or8 ft. in thickness. Tlie tops of these are usu-ally broad or rounded, with numerous tortu-ous braiu-hes. and more or less penduloushranchlets which often fringe the trunk its name implies it inhabits the low groundsof bottom-lands growing in company with theEed and Silver Maples, King-nut and Sour Gums, Over-cup, Pin and BurrOaks, Green and Black Ashes, etc. Its wood is heavy, hard and tough, a cubic foot when absolutely dry weighing lbs. and is applied to the same uses as that of the White Oak. no distin
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