Plate XL.—Quercus bicolor.
| 1. Winter buds. |
| 2. Flowering branch. |
| 3. Sterile flower, side view. |
| 4. Sterile flower, front view. |
| 5. Fertile flowers. |
| 6. Fruiting branch. |
Quercus Prinus, L.
Chestnut Oak. Rock Chestnut Oak.
Habitat and Range.—Woods, rocky banks, hill slopes.
Along the Canadian shore of Lake Erie.
Maine,—Saco river and Mt. Agamenticus, near the southern coast (York county); New Hampshire,—belts or patches in the eastern part of the state and along the southern border, Hinsdale, Winchester, Brookline, Manchester, Hudson; Vermont,—western part of the state throughout, not common; abundant at Smoke mountain at an altitude of 1300 feet, and along the western flank of the Green mountains, at least in Addison county; Massachusetts,—eastern sections, Sterling, Lancaster, Russell, Middleboro, rare in Medford and Sudbury, frequent on the Blue hills; Rhode Island,—locally common; Connecticut,—common.
South to Delaware and along the mountains to Georgia, extending nearly to the summit of Mt. Pisgah in North Carolina; west to Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama.
Habit.—A small or medium-sized tree, 25-50 feet high, with a trunk diameter of 1-2½ feet, assuming noble proportions southward, often reaching a height of 75-100 feet and trunk diameter of 5-6 feet; trunk tall, straight, continuous to the top of the tree, scarcely tapering to the point of ramification, surmounted by a spacious, open head.