. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 302 The Oaks The wood is rather soft, strong, somewhat coarse-grained, and light brown; its specific gravity is about It is used to a small ejrtent for general construc- tion and in wagon making. The Willow oak is extensively planted as a shade and street tree from Phila- delphia southward, and is hardy in southern New England. It is also known as the Peach oak. Water oak. Swamp oak, and Pin oak. It hybridizes with
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. 302 The Oaks The wood is rather soft, strong, somewhat coarse-grained, and light brown; its specific gravity is about It is used to a small ejrtent for general construc- tion and in wagon making. The Willow oak is extensively planted as a shade and street tree from Phila- delphia southward, and is hardy in southern New England. It is also known as the Peach oak. Water oak. Swamp oak, and Pin oak. It hybridizes with several other oaks; the best known hybrid is Bartram's oak, Q. heterophylla Michaux, a cross with the Red oak, Q. rubra Linnaeus, having characters of both species; the observation of seedlings has demonstrated its origin; it has been found from Staten island. New York, to North Carolina. Rudkin's oak, Q. Rudkini Britton, from New Jersey, is considered a hybrid with the Black Jack, Q. marylandica Muenchausen, but it may, perhaps, be a distinct species. From South Carolina a cross is reported with the Spanish oak, Q. triloba Michaux. A probable hybrid with Q. ilicifolia Wangenheim has been found in New Jersey. 19. CHAPMAN'S WATER OAK — Quercns hybrida (Chapman) SmaU Quercus aquatica hybrida Chapman A tree of rocky or sandy shores from Georgia to Florida and Mississippi, attaining a maximum height of 25 meters. The bark is rough; the twigs are slender, smooth and ashy gray; buds oval, light brown. The leaves are oblong to wedge- shaped, 6 to 12 cm. long, some- times 3-lobed or notched at the apex, otherwise entire on the margin, gradually or abruptly narrowed at the base. They are deciduous, dark green and smooth on both sides, the mid- rib impressed above, prominent and brownish beneath; the leaf- stalk is very short, stout and grooved. The fruit ripens the second season, and is quite ses-. FiG. 254. — Chapman's Water Oak. sile; nut subglobose or ovoid-globose, 10 to r2 mm.
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