Distribution. Light dry usually sandy soil; valley of the Androscoggin River, Maine, southern New Hampshire and Vermont to southern Ontario, southward to the District of Columbia and along the Appalachian Mountains to eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, and northern Georgia; in central Georgia and northeastern Mississippi (near Corinth, Alcorn County), and westward through New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and southern Wisconsin to central Missouri (Jerome, Phelps County); in eastern Oklahoma (Arkansas River valley near Fisher, Creek County, _G. W. Stevens_); ascending to altitudes of nearly 5000° on the southern mountains; the prevailing Oak above 2500° to the summits of the Blue Ridge of the Carolinas; very abundant in the coast region from Massachusetts Bay to southern New Jersey; less common in the interior, growing on dry gravelly uplands, and on the prairies skirting the western margins of the eastern forest. Occasionally planted in the northeastern states and in Europe as an ornamental tree valued chiefly for the brilliant autumn color of the foliage. × _Quercus Robbinsii_ Trel., believed to be a hybrid of _Quercus coccinea_ and _Q. ilicifolia_, occurs at North Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. × _Quercus Benderi_ Baenitz, a supposed hybrid of _Quercus coccinea_ and _Q. borealis_ var. _maxima_, appeared several years ago in Silesia, and a similar tree has been found in the Blue Hills Reservation near Boston. 6. Quercus palustris Muench. Pin Oak. Swamp Spanish Oak. [Illustration: Fig. 228]