It is not my intention to enumerate all the species of this genus; but I
must give a passing notice to the Black Oak, because it is a common and
very large tree in favorable situations. It has been named Black Oak on
account of the very dark color of its outer bark; and Yellow Oak,—a name
quite as common as the other,—from the yellow color of its inner bark,
which produces the _quercitron_ used by dyers. It may also have been so
called from the yellowish leather-color of its leaves in the autumn,
resembling the color of a dry oak-leaf. Many large trees of this species
are found in the New England States. In Kentucky it is named Black Jack,
and constitutes the principal timber of those extensive tracts called
Oak Barrens.