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The Principal Species of Wood

Charles H. Snow

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .The principal species affording woods under each head are as follows:

White Oak. White Oak (Q. alba). Cow Oak (Q. michauxii). Chestnut Oak (Q. prinus). Post Oak (Q. minor). Bur Oak (Q. macrocarpa). Pacific Post Oak (Q. garryanna). Red or Black Oak. Red Oak (Q. rubra). Pin Oak (Q. palustris). Spanish Oak (Q. digitata). Yellow or Black Oak (Q. velutina). Live Oak. Live Oak (Q. virginiana). California Live Oak (Q. agrifolia). Live Oak (Q. chrysolepis) Live Oak
(Quercus virginiana).

Oak trees are characterized by oblong, thin-shelled kernels, protruding from hard scaly cups and called acorns. The foliage is sometimes deciduous and sometimes evergreen. Most oaks require many years to reach maturity, but are then long-lived. Fifty of the nearly three hundred known species of oak are natives of the United States and Canada; all but four become trees under favorable conditions. Quercus is from two Celtic words, quer, signifying fine, . . . Read More