Swamp Oak (Pa., Ohio, Kans.).
Water Spanish Oak (Ark.).
Locality.
Minnesota to Kansas, eastward intermittently to Massachusetts and Virginia.
Features of Tree.
Fifty to eighty feet in height, two to four feet in diameter. Full-rounded or pyramidal top, smooth thin bark, numerous small pin-like branches.
Color, Appearance, or Grain of Wood.
Heartwood variegated light brown, sapwood nearly white, coarse-grained, medullary rays numerous and conspicuous.
Structural Qualities of Wood.
Heavy, hard, strong, checks badly in seasoning.