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Identifier: westvirginiatree00broo (find matches)
Title: West Virginia trees
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Brooks, A. B. (Alonzo Beecher), 1873-1944
Subjects: Trees Shrubs
Publisher: Morgantown
Contributing Library: West Virginia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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istillate in short spikes. Fruit.—Acorns mature in autumn after the flowers; cup enclos-ing about Yz of the light brown, ^^-inch-long nut; kernel sweet andmore edible than that of most other acorns. Bark.—On trunks moderately rough, the light gray ridges brokeninto scales ; resembles the bark of White Oak. Wood.—Heavy, hard, strong, close-grained, durable, brown withbrownish sapwood. Range.—Vermont and Minnesota south to Florida and Texas. Distribution in West Virginia.—Not common. Observed in thefollowing counties: Boone, Doddridge, Fayette. Grant, Hardy,Kanawha, Monongalia. Morgan, Summers and Webster. This treeis more common near Petersburg, Grant County, and on Long IslandCreek. Doddridge County, than at any other places where it wasfoimd. Habitat.—River banks and limestone hillsides. Notes.—The wood of this oak is inferior to that of some otherspecies and it occurs here too infrequently to be classed as very val-uable. 98 W. VA. AGRL EXPERIMENT STATION (Bulletin 175
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CHESTNUT OAK September, 1920) WEST VIRGINIA TREES 99 CHESTNUT OAKQuercus Prinus, L. Form.—Height 60-90 feet, diameter 3-5 feet; trunk long- butusually more or less bent and often divided, forming a loose, openirregular crown. Leaves.—Alternate, simple. 6-8 inches long, usually obovate,coarsely,crenate. firm or leather)-, smooth, dark green above, paler andfinely puliescent beneath. Flowers.—May, with the leaves; monoecious; the staminate flow-ers in long catkins ; the pistillate in short spikes. Fruit.—Acorns mature in autumn after the flowers; cup thin,deep, enclosing about Yz of the smooth, light brown, ol^long-ovoidnut. Bark,—Very rough with deep fissures and long, dark gray, con-tinuous or broken ridges; rich in tannin. Wood.—Heavy, hard, strong, close-grained, duralde in contactwith the soil, dark brown with light sapwood. Range.—Maine to West \irginia and south along the mountainsto Georgia and Alabama. Distribution in West Virginia.—Common except at high eleva-t

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  • bookyear:1920
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  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Brooks__A__B___Alonzo_Beecher___1873_1944
  • booksubject:Trees
  • booksubject:Shrubs
  • bookpublisher:Morgantown
  • bookcontributor:West_Virginia_University_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Lyrasis_Members_and_Sloan_Foundation
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