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Title: Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11
Identifier: bulletinpennsylv11pennx (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Pennsylvania. Dept. of Forestry
Subjects: Forests and forestry
Publisher: Harrisburg, Pa. : The Department : WM. Stanley Ray, state printer of Pennsylvania
Contributing Library: Penn State University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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138 WHITE OAK Quercus alba, Linnaeus . â¢.x.n.m» height .. "« J^'^* ' "^TT dt^ ^U^L'^ruB* often fre. from l.t«Ji ,nwB In a ««nM atMia ^rHâ U) It nn« Â« ""J" .,^jâ gTO,n, in the S«>d.e. for 75 ft. with a 1'a«»«"' »' f ."⢠!^,â¢ny 1.^.1 Sa-che. which .r. gnarled open (Fig. 27) It divide, near *«,.«~»?*^'1^,^^'â""^ ixwlonaUj a fl^netrlcal crown and twUled forming a deep, wide and ^f^' «J»"" " ^â^âiâ importance. The largeat Open grown treee prodnce a verr amaU Q^nftT ^"J^' ,âT^ connty. It wa. 81 feet In X^te Oa* known In P.nnaTl.anla """iXjr^Id TlS ^t S^ March M. im " wa. rr^o^ln^nr trran-^ant rnrn;rt,rof the Urgeet White Oak. now atandlng -'^^nn'-anrnLVnght g^n .^^-^-". rrTaT^'oftTn ^er,^ ^^X .r^aun^r=r^-^;e^^rn^.rs.rxTej::?:ui --. "^BTOtirteCte; tennlnaa hod. c,ur.e;«., h»ad.x ovaU, ohtnae, reddl-hrown. . ,. an inch '7EAyi»-A«em.te, ..mp.e, .-. Inche. long, .-4 ^chc. ^a. »f^tu,;:.-^"';int^.'VS namilly 7 a«=endlng lot.., lohe. ^^J^^^'^ '^"^e. '.^tt an* occa.Ionally glaocoo. foil grown thin, bright green and amooth above, ana poie, .m 'â¢'^.SOAW^-Altemate. ra.«d, concv« to roond â¢J^^l^^-.^.^r .ctonrTfranJS often contlnnoo. from ral«d leaf-jcar "f^"^^^^ "^tterJ^ IncLploooo.. The leaf- â¢^rTal oIh.'"J-^rWr«^ir. ^^nSZ'S'o.he'r that'a de^rlptlon of a leaf^ar z^:^z.Tz:^^^^r »-«â¢-ââ-- irxw.^rm"^= ^^^.r^^i.-ar-a;: ^.fe^-r nSed.i:Slu':t:^w.r.'Le .»me on .hort .talha, wtth hairy Involucral scaleu and red spreading Btyles. rounded SiriT-An acorn, maturing during one scaiK^n seaslle or ""f ^^^^^^^^ ^^J'"* M^a o^^^^ 1- at^f^x. Shiny, light brown » «' ^ 1"^,,;-^^^^^^^^^ ^'h numerous .cales 7^X -t tCVtC"-^--^^ - -â -trrJ^Z T«.-.ained. WOOD-Rlng-porous; with -^^--P^^^T.rS^eT "^^^^^^ -^ durable In contact with soil, light brown with 1 f tj ;^^; ⢠building, tight cooperage. Z^ture'^l^^at S:.. CJ^tif C ^ns. ^^^^Situral implement., interior Bnish o, it has Some characteristics -PP«r^\'\TYeTlow OaJ^Ty i^b?^^. rather small buds; from from the Red, Black. Scarlet, Cbestnut. and YeUow Oaks tjlts^Dtus ^^ ^^^ ^^^ the swamp White Oak by the l^^^er tj ^^'^^ .^^^e^, ^l greenish rusty pubescence peeling flakes on the branches; from the Post Oak by Jbe aDsen^ ^ branches and the more on the twigs; from the Pin Oak by the '^^^^^ll.*^^'Xg^'Z 'he brashes. In addition to obtuse bud.; from the Bur Oak by the ^^"^."'l.^^^^^lin M considerably in recognizing T\^^T'l^..'r::^Z'ZTo7'^T^r^Uc.^ - help m bringing out additional distinguishing characteristics. BANOE-Maine to Minnesota. W)uth to Florida and Texas. southern wsiBiBi^iioH m '^«^::f^fr-h* 'nrhr*.nrw?.'r-.sr»r.^"p^ S rX^r^^S:^-^ Trir U- ^Kean conntle,. I. .. .he conunoneat tre. ta Mothem AUegheny, Wa.hlngton, and Greene conntlc.. »ABITAT-It I. tolerant of mMiy »U.. growing on wndy plain. graTeUj rldgea, rich opiano srr â"Ain =rrr £-rSr SJ-s^r= eratlon 1. the bert method by which thl. *«⢠"" '^^^'^J^or to the artMclal. eapecWly standi of considerable extent.
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1 PLATE LV. WHITE OAK 1. FlowtTlnj,' branch with iiiuimture leaves (») staminate blossoms, (p) pistillate blos- soms, X i. stHininate flower, enlarged. l)istillat«> flower, enlarged. ranch witli mature leaves and mature acorns, x §. r-orn cup, x J. corn, basal view, x ). mgitiKlinal section of acorn showing em- bryo. X .). with its young root and 2. ti. 4. \ A II n .\C( .Vc( Ijor n. 10. 11. ranch, x J. . . i â Terminal .section of Avinter branch showing bnd with overlapping scales, a leaf-scar Avith bundle-scars, and lenticels. en- larged. . â ,, , ross section of twig showing five-sided pith, wood witli conspicuous niednllary ravs, inner and onter bark, enlarged. II "ili INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE

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