Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Geological Sciences

Publication Date

2-1-1937

Abstract

The oaks, unlike the sacred ginkgo or temple tree, are thriving throughout the northern hemisphere today. Not only is the oak an entirely familiar and abundant element in existing landscapes, but its history goes back into the centuries and ages. Its leaves and woods are generously represented in fossil forests as far back as the early Tertiary and closely allied forms penetrate as far back as the Cretaceous.

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This article was originally published in The Mineralogist.

Journal

The Mineralogist

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