Identifier: timbertreesfores01pinc (find matches)
Title: Timber trees and forests of North Carolina
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946 Ashe, W. W. (William Willard), 1872-1932, joint author
Subjects: Trees Forests and forestry
Publisher: Winston, M. I. & J. C. Stewart, public printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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N. c. Geological srTBVEY. StJLLETIN 6. PLATE IX.
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RED OAK RED OAK. 97 smooth above, and hairy beneath. The fruit, which is borneupon a lon^ stem, is an oblong, dark brown, or black acorn set ina top-shaped, downy cup. The roots are spreading and ratherdeeply seated, and can bear sea water, at least if covered onlydnring high tide. The wood is very heavy, hard, strong, tough, close grained,compact; it takes a beantiful polish, but is difficult to work ; lightbrown or yellow in color ; the sapwood nearly white. It is usedfor shipbuilding, and the bark is occasionally employed for tan-ning. It is not abundant enough in North Carolina to be of com-mercial importance. Quercus rubra, Linnaeus. (ked oak.) A laro;e tree, with dark brown furrowed bark, nearly black onlarge trunks, and rather smooth branches which form a largeoval or round head, reaching a height of 150 and a diameter of7 feet. (Plate IX.) It occurs from Nova Scotia, southern New Brunswick, andeastern Minnesota, w^estern Iowa, eastern Kansas and IndianTerritory south to northe

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