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Bark: The name 'cherrybark' comes from its similarity to the bark of black cherry. The bark is gray and has scaly, narrow ridges. [3] Close-up view of stellate hairs on leaf underside. Foliage: The name pagoda refers to the tiered shape of cherrybark's leaves, which are reminiscent of the shape of a pagoda. Its simple, alternate leaves ...
Quercus velutina (Latin 'velutina', "velvety") , the black oak, is a species of oak in the red oak group (Quercus sect. Lobatae), native and widespread in eastern and central North America. It is sometimes called the eastern black oak .
Oak bark, with its high tannin content, was traditionally used in the Old World for tanning leather. [78] Oak galls were used for centuries as a main ingredient in iron gall ink for manuscripts, harvested at a specific time of year. [79] In Korea, sawtooth oak bark is used to make shingles for traditional roof construction. [80]
The bark of some trees, notably oak (Quercus robur) is a source of tannic acid, which is used in tanning. Bark chips generated as a by-product of lumber production are often used in bark mulch. Bark is important to the horticultural industry since in shredded form it is used for plants that do not thrive in ordinary soil, such as epiphytes. [50]
Quercus hartwissiana Steven – Strandzha oak – southeastern Bulgaria, northern Turkey, western Georgia, southwestern Russia; Quercus havardii Rydb. – Havard oak, shinnery oak, shin oak – south central North America †Quercus hiholensis — Miocene — # Washington State [4] Quercus hinckleyi C.H.Mull. – Hinckley oak – # Texas ...
Plus a half-dozen other oak species, hickories, wild black cherry, two huge sycamores, a white pine, our native dry-land dogwood Cornus racemosa, as opposed to the large-flowered Cornus Florida ...
Common names for Quercus sinuata var. breviloba are Bigelow oak, Bigelow's oak, shallow-lobed oak, white shin oak, scaly-bark oak, limestone Durand oak, and shortlobe oak. Other common names include scrub oak or shin oak , but these names may refer to a number of other low growing, clump forming oak species, subspecies or varieties.
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