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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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t plateauregion, where it is one of the most common trees. Quercus niarilandica, Muenchhausen.-(black-jack oak.) A small tree, with rough black bark, and drooping irregularbranches, reaching a height of 60 and a diameter of 2 feet. It occurs from Long Island, New York, to Wisconsin, southernMiniicsota, eastern Nebraska, Kansas, and Indian Territory, andsouth to Florida and Texas; reaching its best development insouthern Arkansas, and eastern Texas. In North Carolina, where it has an average height of not morethan 25 feet, it is found upon barren clay or loam soils, gravellyfor the most part. It occurs in all sectioiis, but is rare in the moreelevated mountain counties. It bears fruit plentifully about every other year; and seedlingsare abundant near the parent trees and in second growth woods. The large thick wedge-shaped leaves are smooth on the upperand covered with a rusty pubescence on the lower surface. The *Quercus nisra, Liniifeus. N. C. GEOLOGICAL, SURVEY. BULLETIN 6. PLATE X.
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WATER OAK AVATER OAK. 105 small globular acorn is half enclosed in a top-shaped, coarse-scaled cup. The conical, bright brown winter-buds are covered,like the angular twigs, with a light gray down. The buds arefrequently injured by late frosts. The black-jack oak has a lateralroot system. The wood is heavy, hard, and strong, and checks badly in dry-ing ; dark red-brown in color; the sapwood much lighter. It islittle used except for fuel. Quercus nigra. Linn«>us.--(water oak.) A small tree, with a large spreading top, dark rough bark atthe base of the stem and smoother gray bark above, reaching aheight of 80 and a diameter of-i feet. (Plate X.) It occurs from Delaware through the coast and middle districtsto Florida and Texas, and westward to Missouri and Indian Ter-ritory ; reaching its best development in the maritime pine beltof the eastern Gulf states. A common tree. In this State, where it reaches an average height of 40 to 50feet and an average diameter of 12 to 20 inches, it

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