The Commercial Forest Trees of Massachusetts How You May Know Them
The Commercial Forest Trees of Massachusetts How You May Know Them
Daniel Allen Clarke
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The fl owergj the ear ii es t of the Oaks, appear in late April or early May when the leaves are partially grown. The fruit matures the second season. The acorn is from three-fourths to one and one-fourth inches in length and is larger than that of any other native Oak. The wood is heavy, hard and strong. It is less valuable than that of most of the Oaks, though it is used for furniture and interior finishing. For fuel it is held in little esteem. RED OAK Leaf and fruit. One-third natural size.... Winter twig and buds. One-half MASSACHUSETTS FOREST TREES SCARLET OAK (Quercus coccinea Muenchh) THE deep scarlet which the leaves assume in the ' autumn is responsible for the popular name which the tree possesses. Normally growing on dry soil, it occurs abundantly in the eastern sections of Massa- chusetts, frequently in the central portion and only rarely in the western. As to habit, it is usually a medium-sized tree, thirty to fifty feet in height and one to two feet in diameter. The trunk is straight and taper- ing.
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