. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 6i8 FAGACEAE. Vol. 3. Quercus Schneckii Britton. Schneck's Oak. Fig. 1516. Quercus Schneckii Britton, Manual 333. 1901. A forest tree, attaining a maximum height of about 2oo° and a trunk diameter of 8°, usually smaller. Bark reddish-brown, with broad ridges broken into plates; leaves mostly obovate in outline, bright green and shin- ing above, paler and wi
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 6i8 FAGACEAE. Vol. 3. Quercus Schneckii Britton. Schneck's Oak. Fig. 1516. Quercus Schneckii Britton, Manual 333. 1901. A forest tree, attaining a maximum height of about 2oo° and a trunk diameter of 8°, usually smaller. Bark reddish-brown, with broad ridges broken into plates; leaves mostly obovate in outline, bright green and shin- ing above, paler and with tufts of wool in the axils beneath, 2'-6' long, truncate or broadly wedge-shaped at the base, deeply pinnatifid into 5-9 oblong or tri- angular lobes, which are entire or coarsely few toothed, the lobes and teeth bristle-tipped; styles short; fruit maturing in the autumn of the second season; cup deeply saucer-shaped, 6"-8" broad, its scales obtusish or acute, appressed; acorn ovoid, i'-i' long, 2-3 times as high as the cup. North Carolina to Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Florida and Texas. Wood hard, light red-brown; weight per cubic foot 57 lbs. April-May. Acorns ripe Has been confused with Quercus texana Buckley. 4. Quercus borealis Michx. f. Gray Oak. Fig. 1517. Q, borealis Michx. f. N. A. Sylv. 1: 98. pi. 26. 1817. A forest-tree, reaching at least 900 in height, with a trunk diameter up to 30, the bark rough in plates and ridges. Leaves ovate to obovate in outline, 7- 13-lobed, 4-7' long, deep green and dull above, paler green and with tufts of hairs in the axils of the leaves beneath, the acute lobes bristle-tipped, the slender leaf-stalk 2' long or less; pistillate flow- ers with long spreading styles; fruit ma- turing in the autumn of the second season; cup depressed-hemispheric, i'-i' wide, embracing one-third to one-half of the acorn, its scales obtuse. Quebec and Ontario to New York and Please note that these images are extracted f
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