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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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WHITE OAK PIGNUT WHITE OAK. 89 of Nebraska, and Indian Territory, and sonih to western Floridaand southern Texas ; reacliinsj its best development in the lowerOhio basin. In this State, where it reaches an average height of 70 to 80feet, it is found throughout. It is not a common tree in the mount-ains, and is rare in the coastal plain region ; but along with thewhite hickory it is fairly abundant in the Piedmont plateauregion. (Fig. 17, p 88.) The pignut bears fruit frequently and in large quantities, andyoung growth is common near tlie parent trees and through sec-ond-growth w^oods. The leaves are long, with 5 to 7 smooth leaflets. The smooth,tapering twigs are smaller than in the two preceding species. Thefruit is pear-shaped or rounded, with very thin husks splittingabout halfway to the base. The rather thin-shelled nut, about Jinch in diameter, contains a small sweetish or slightly bitter ker-nel. The polishei brown wnnter-burls are egg-shaped and pointedor rounded It has numerou

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