Title: Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11
Identifier: bulletinpennsylv11penx (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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PLATE LX. CHESTNUT OAK. 1. FloweiiiiK luiii'di with iiniiiatui-e h-aves, (s) staniinato hldssoms, (p) pistillate blossoms, x i. 2. I'.iamli with mature loaves and mature acorns, x J. 3. An acorn cup, x i. 4. An acorn, x i. f). A winter twi>; sliowinn Inids. h-ntlcels, leaf-scars, fluted bark, and pentangular pith, x i. lack, "^^/° ^\^""*^°;/^^Ba7e of the fissures often continuous fissures. Kidges are very solid, sharp-angled not scaly. ^^^^ «^ „^"« dnnamon-ied. especially on the larger branches and smaller trunks. See Fig. .5. TWIGS-First summer greenish-purple; first winter orange or reddish-brown; stout, smooth; bitter- with inconspicuous lenticels and star-shaped pith. BUDfr-Alternate. ovate-ccnical. distinctly sharp-pointed, H of an Inch long. Bud-scales light ch^ftnuVbtowTimbricated. slightly hairy towards apex and along margin. LEAVES-Alternate. simple, obovate. thick. ^;tij. 5^ lneh^«^.l-^. ,^^ wedge-shaped at base, coarsely dentate with rounded teeth on maigm, gieen a leaf-surface, pale green and at first hairy on lower. LEAF-SCAES—See "Leaf Scars" under White Oak. page 132. dish style, and occur in small groups upon stout stalks. FRtni-SoH..., or in pair.; matured .„ »- -;7J»„rt^L?cu.f^r yotniiTnra,'"'.; cup are thin-tipped, reddish-brown, rather knol>by near the base. WOOD-Ring-porous; with P-inent medullary rays; ^eavy f-^i,:;7,-f-:^,^^r^^^^.:S contact with soil, dark brown with "f»^t«(, J^^j?^^^^ ^^^ White Oak for railroad ties, fencing, fuel and construction. Ranks close to w DISTINGUISHING CHAHACTEKISTICS-In summer the Chestn-^ .^a^.^ a^^^^^ -/"f^ oak. can be distinguished by its oblong .^^^^ ^"^"«"^,',,^;*recognize it by its characteristic roughly fissured and non-scaly bark. In ^f.^.J^^^.^.^.^^tt'^^The persistent leaves often aid in KANGE-Maine to Ontario, south to Alabama and Tennessee. tLANGK—Maine lo wuiauvr. .,v,».v- — DISTBIBVTION IK PENNSYtYAMA^ommoa in th. .oun.a,nou» veglon of .be S.a... Locally it becomes a prevailing tree. . ^^^ HABITAT-ITsually found on dry hillsides ""^ towards the ^outb in the m ^ jac^e ;Lr:r:rrst'"sor ^-x^.^r^^ ^"^^^^-^ - -- -- ^^^^ - crooked tree. -. IMPOKTAKCE OF THE SPECIES-The Chestuut Oal^ ^ ;;^;-^to^ wood is used practically for the same P"n)oses «« «« «J \^^^ ,„ ,^^^,^ than that of any other and in addition the bark is very val""^^^ ^^^^^"^J ;*J^„; y at the present time in the southern Oak. Large quantities of this bark are f/^l^^erater extensively, especially by natural seed Appalachians. This species deserves to be ^«g«°«^^^^^ chestnut. In case of artificial regenera- ;rfaTr rrvt\r.o"r":re.f ™r.t' r:p,.^a. aee.>„.a .oca ... ,peo.ea ,a ra..er sensitive to transplanting. it i

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