. Timber trees and forests of North Carolina . or light brown in color ;the thick sapwood lighter, often nearly white. Its uses are thesame as those of the shag-l)ark hickory, to the wood of whichspecies for some purposes it is preferred. Quercus alba, Linnaeus. (white oak.) A large tree, of great economic value, with large spreadingbranches and a bark which is either light gray, slightly rough-ened, and in the older trees, loosens in large tiiin scales, or is gray,firm, and deeply furrowed. It reaches a height of 150 and a diam-eter of 8 feet. (Plate YII.) It occurs on all soils from northern
. Timber trees and forests of North Carolina . or light brown in color ;the thick sapwood lighter, often nearly white. Its uses are thesame as those of the shag-l)ark hickory, to the wood of whichspecies for some purposes it is preferred. Quercus alba, Linnaeus. (white oak.) A large tree, of great economic value, with large spreadingbranches and a bark which is either light gray, slightly rough-ened, and in the older trees, loosens in large tiiin scales, or is gray,firm, and deeply furrowed. It reaches a height of 150 and a diam-eter of 8 feet. (Plate YII.) It occurs on all soils from northern Maine to the valley of theSt. Lawrence, westward through lower Michigan to southeasternMinnesota, and southward to St. Johns river and Tampa bay,Florida, and the valley of the Brazos river, Texas ; reaching its 90- TIMBER TKKES OF NORTH CAROLINA. best develojDment on the slopes of the Alleghany mountains, andin the valley of the Ohio river and its tributaries. It is a com-mon tree in a considerable portion of the central and In North Carolina, where it attains an average height of 70 to80 and an average diameter of 4 to 5 feet, it occurs throughout,and is common everywhere except in the northeastern part of theState and on the sandy soils of the southeastern section. It ismost plentiful on the Piedmont plateau. (Fig. 18.) Large quantities of seed are produced about once in threeyears. The acorns germinate in all kinds of soil and frequentlyseed up old fields. Young seedlings are common in all situations,and bear well either the deep shade of the old tree or full expos-ure to the sun. Young white oaks are apt to form a large partof the new growth after the removal of the yellow poplar, short-leaf pine or the white oak itself. In many parts of the originalforest, on poor soil, white oak is the predominant tree, and itgenerally forms a large part of second growth of mixed hard-woods. Small trees sprout freely and vigorously from the over 3 inches
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