. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Fig. 299. — Ashe's Oak. mm. long, its apex tipped and hairy; cup top-shaped or hemispheric, 11 to 14 mm. across, embracing over half of the nut and covered with sharp-pointed scales which are much larger toward the base of the cup than at the rim. 62. POST OAK — Querciis stellata Wangenheim Quercus minor Sargent. Quercus alba minor Marshall. Quercus ob'tusiloba Michaux A tree of dry or rocky soils from Massachusetts to Pe
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Fig. 299. — Ashe's Oak. mm. long, its apex tipped and hairy; cup top-shaped or hemispheric, 11 to 14 mm. across, embracing over half of the nut and covered with sharp-pointed scales which are much larger toward the base of the cup than at the rim. 62. POST OAK — Querciis stellata Wangenheim Quercus minor Sargent. Quercus alba minor Marshall. Quercus ob'tusiloba Michaux A tree of dry or rocky soils from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Mis- souri, and Kansas, southward to Florida and Texas, attaining a maximum height of about 30 meters, with a trunk diameter of m. The branches are stout and spreading, forming a close round-topped tree. The bark is up to 3 cm. thick, deeply furrowed, the flattish ridges covered with close gray or brownish gray scales. The twigs are stout, brownish-woolly, becoming smooth, gray, or dark brown to almost black. The winter buds are broadly ovoid. The leaves are obovate in outUne, i to 2 dm. long, the usually 5 lobes broad and spreading, the middle pair of sinuses deep, wide and ob- FiG. 300. — Post Oak. lique, rounded at the bottom, the lobes. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Shafer, John Adolph. New York : H. Holt and Co.
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