Geological and Natural History Survey of North Carolina Volume 3; Botany Containing a Catalogue of the Indigenous and Naturalized Plants of the State (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ... known as that of the lied OaKs, in which there is such a confusion of popular names that they will be of little service in designating the species. There is no uniformity in their application in different parts of the State, and within the same neighborhood the same name may be given to different species, or different names to the same species. This is not very surprising, since there is so much resemblance among them, and as there is apparently a tendency to crosses among the members of this Division. It is indeed sometimes rather difficult to determine whether a particular tree belongs to one or other of two or three pretty well marked species. I shall therefore be obliged to describe the following more minutely than I have the preceding, though I shall oi.ly notice the most common or typical forms. The names given below are those by which the species are most commonly known in different parts of the United States. 14. Spanish Oak. (Q. falcata, Michx.)--This is generally known in this State, I think, by the name of Red Oak, though sometimes called as above. It is also, in some parts, denominated Turkey Oak, from a vague resemblance between the form of the leaf (when it has but three divisions, ) and the track of a Turkey. It is to be distinguished, even at some distance, from other species of this section by the grayish down on the underside of the leaves and on the young shoots upon which they grow, giving the tree a very different hue from that of the others. The leaves, too, have narrower divisions (3 to 7 in number, ) than the others, generally entire, and slightly curved backwards. The manner in which the clusters of leaves hang down from the ends of the branchlets gives them a plume-like aspect very unlike those of the other species. The Spanish Oak .

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Imprint:	Rarebooksclub.com
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2012
First published:	May 2012
Authors:	Moses Ashley Curtis
Dimensions:	246 x 189 x 3mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	64
ISBN-13:	978-1-153-85204-3
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-153-85204-7
Barcode:	9781153852043

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