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Title: Timber trees and forests of North Carolina
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946 Ashe, W. W. (William Willard), 1872-1932, joint author
Subjects: Trees Forests and forestry
Publisher: Winston, M. I. & J. C. Stewart, public printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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LEGEND Distribution of the SmNGLE OAK(Quercus imbricaria, Michx^ Distribution of the WILLOW OAK(Quercus phellos, L) Seed years are frequent and young seedlings are common, nearthe parent tree, on moist valley lands in the mountains. The oblong lance-shaped leaves are entire, pale downy below,and tipped with an abrupt sharp point. The acorn is nearlyglobular and about one-third to one-half enclosed by a cup whichis covered with broad whitish closely appressed scales. Thebrown winter-buds are acute and small-scaled. The wood is heavy, hard, rather coarse-grained, and checksbadly in drying; light brown in color ; the sapwood much lighter.It is occasionally used for clapboards and shingles, and in con-struction. Quercus phellos, Linnseus. (willow oak.) A tree, with large spreading crown, rough dark brown bark,and smooth branches, reaching a height of 80 and a diameter of4 feet. It occurs from Staten Island, New York, south near the coast to *t. C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 6ulLetini6. plate xi.
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CHESTNUT CHESTNUT, 109 northeastern Florida, tlirongli the Gnlf states to eastern Texas,and through Arkansas to southeastern Missouri, Tennessee, andsouthern Kentucky. In this State, where it reaches an average height of 50 to 60and an average diameter of 2 feet, it occurs in large numbers in thecoastal plain region and, scatteringly, in the Piedmont plateauregion, in moist situations. (Fig. 28, p. 108). The willow oak forms a considerable portion of the secondgrowth hardwood forests on the moist sandy loams of the coastalplain region and young trees are common along the streams of thePiedmont plateau. Young trees sprout vigorously from thestump. The leaves are narrow, lance-shaped, pointed at each end, thick,entire or nearly so, and downy when young. The acorns are small,globose, and set in a shallow flattened cup. The buds are small,pointed, smooth, and light brown ; the twigs slender. The willowoak has numerous spreading lateral roots. The wood is heavy, strong, not hard, rather cl

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