| 单词 | scrub oak |
| 例句 | Every day after that they managed to meet in the scrub oaks across the road and talk about when he would be a big ruler of things with her reaping the benefits. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Rocky was standing in a small clearing surrounded by thickets of scrub oak. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The old Bear People said they would come They said Prepare hard oak scrub oak pihon juniper and wild rose twigs Make hoops tie bundles of weeds into hoops. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z From there he had crawled some distance farther and slept under a scrub oak tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z We could hear his angry rumbling as he moved down through the thickets of catclaw and scrub oak. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He trotted her west, across the grassy flat toward the cerros, gently rounded hills of dark lava rock which were covered with a thin crust of topsoil and grass, edged with thickets of scrub oak. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Josiah and Robert came then and unloaded their rifles and leaned them against a scrub oak. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Keeping low, he headed for the closest cover—a scrub oak skirted with new suckers at its base, just a few full-bounds away. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They marked the place with Tayo’s T-shirt spread across the top of some scrub oaks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He tied the mare in a clearing surrounded by a thicket of scrub oak. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The ephemeral bloom of a sego lily peeks from the toe of a ninety-foot stone arch, and canyon wrens call back and forth in plaintive tones from a thatch of scrub oak. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He threaded among willows and sycamores and wild blackberry vines in the riverbed, patted the trunks of live oak and scrub oak, madrone, laurel, toyon. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There, the scrub oak was lying splintered and smoking over the bank, its blackened branches in the water. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z If he went a few yards over the top of the ridge, he would be in the scrub oaks, out of the storm. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He sat under a scrub oak and picked up acorns from the ground around him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Winter dulls the landscape as green meadows turn beige and amber, and the ubiquitous twisted scrub oaks, leafless, appear stark and naked, hunched over like weathered old witches clutching broomstick and cane. Martha’s Vineyard, the Off-Season Version 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z I was simply struggling to keep the land around the farmhouse cleared of the brambles and scrub oak that threatened to overwhelm our terraced fields. Freshly pressed olive oil is magical. I know because I make it every year. 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Nate Goldberg, a lead guide with the outfitter said visitors see “a lot of underbrush, red and yellow aspen leaves, scrub oak, berries and willows which turn a bright yellow.” Searching for Fall Colors? Let Me Get the Llama for You 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z We drove in his pickup with his two children to an off-road trailhead, through groves of aspen and scrub oak, pinyons and juniper and Ponderosa pines. The Mora River Valley Faces a New Battle 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z We passed steep slopes of bracken and heather, long white beaches, forested tunnels of scrub oak and rocky knolls. Slow Travel: Walking in Wales 2013-05-24T17:03:36Z Then, it was just a small cabin, hidden beneath lady's slippers and scrub oak on his 175-acre plot of land. A revealing interview with Carly Simon at her home in Martha's Vineyard about her new book, 'Boys in the Trees' 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z TreePeople is offering five varieties of native trees saplings for “adoption” — only one per household — including coast live oak, scrub oak, valley oak, toyon and southern black walnut. Has wildflower shaming gone too far? How to find the best blooms without the drama 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Because of it, thick scrub oak forests grew where the Santa Monica Freeway runs. Why we turned the L.A. River into a freeway (for water) 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Certain species, such as toyon and scrub oak, resprout from underground root systems or burls. Southern California's ecosystems evolved to survive fire. But not like this 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z The scale of their discovery may ultimately prove much bigger than a bunch of scrub oaks in Florida. Florida Oaks Host Exciting Parasite-on-Parasite Action 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z It’s a small herd, as herds go, about 60 goats rustling through sagebrush and desert almond, buckwheat and scrub oak trees. A physicist-turned-farmer left L.A. for a mountain getaway. You can visit for goat cheese and cajeta 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z She’ll walk to the two graves beneath the scrub oak tree where her parents are buried and will fill them in on the upcoming legislative session. Colorado poised to make history with Latinas in charge of state Legislature 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Then faster, passing up through a tiny pine forest, hearing mourning doves coo loudly at one another among the strange bonsai tangle of the scrub oaks. On Santa Cruz Island, they killed the cows, sheep, and bees. Now it’s time to finish the job 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z A Forest Service survey counted almost 80,000 dead trees there last year, mostly pine, among the chaparral and scrub oak. A walk in the dead woods 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Here’s the original clubhouse: And here’s the tennis court: The Links went dormant during the Depression and the Second World War, and they became overgrown with Chappy's newest residents: scrub oak and pitch pine. The other Royal & Ancient golf club -- this one in the United States: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z The genuine links, laid out in 1921 by a local amateur with the Gatsby-like name of H. Emerson Armstrong, offers sand dunes, scrub oak, Scotch broom and salty air. Best Damn Clubs Around 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z The fire began in brush Tuesday night and quickly spread to about 200 acres of timber and scrub oak in rocky, steep terrain that is home to rattlesnakes, ticks and poison oak. 275 households told to flee Oregon wildfire 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z A wildfire began in brush overnight and has spread to timber and scrub oak in weather conditions that have fire bosses worried. Columbia Gorge fire: 70 households told to flee 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Swathes of shrubby vegetation, dominated by scrub oaks, sprouted in the burned patches, surrounding small islands of surviving ponderosa pine and other conifers. Forest fires: Burn out 2012-09-19T17:21:21.097Z In some places we observed traces of fire: the low scrub oaks were scorched and black, and were putting forth shoots from the stumps and roots. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Moods changed a little as they took up their wandering again and presently waded, single file, through a jungle of bushes, scrub oak, dwarf pine, pigmy cedar and birch, laced with brambles. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z On the other, rounded masses of scrub oak and alder roll back from the edge of the ice like clouds of reddish smoke. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z The swamp derived its name from a number of scrub oak trees that grew in it. Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp 2011-12-11T03:00:12.153Z Near the coast the valley is wooded mainly with scrub oak, but further inland its banks are heavily timbered. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z I wish we had something better than scrub oak around Kingsbridge.” The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z The winds of January had no better luck in shaking down the leaves of the scrub oaks on the Porter hillside than their predecessors of November and December. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z There are many other varieties of oaks: straggling little scrub oaks, laurel oaks with laurel-like leaves, and the willow oaks of the Southwestern states. Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good 2011-08-24T02:00:22.913Z When the entrance door is open we see a cleared, sandy spot with a background of scrub oaks and jack pines. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z People do not plant scrub oaks in their gardens, but they plant nature's beauties. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z Andy leaped a ditch and started to get to the thin line of scrub oak beyond which lay the creek. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z As we moved on and on, up and up, men got lost in the prickly scrub oak, holly they called it, and it 28 became increasingly difficult to maintain any sort of formation. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z Among the crowd of young trees—scrub oaks, red oaks, white oaks, cedars, ashes, hickories, birches, maples, aspens, sumachs, and hornbeams—was a single tupelo. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z What is now a large and populous suburb, was then a succession of sand dunes, in whose valleys were thickets of scrub oak, chaparral, and willows. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z He turns his back and disappears and reappears among the scrub oaks and stunted willows that fringe the margin. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z A half-hour ago I caught my last glimpse of him between a scrub oak and a cedar. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z He began to clear another flat farther up the cañon, ridding it of brush and scrub oak and piñons. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z Overnight winds of more than 40 mph fanned the fire, which burned scrub oak, sagebrush and cheatgrass. Salt Lake-Area Fire Estimated 50 Percent Contained 2010-09-22T04:29:00Z One of the best woods to use is scrub oak which is distributed quite widely over the United States. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps His eyes were studiously fixed on the gnarled roots and twisted hole of a scrub oak that hung out over the edge of things with stubborn and distorted tenacity. The Key to Yesterday He had a lion up in a scrub oak. Unexplored! I came upon them unawares as I picked my way among the scrub oaks. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 Our course was northwest through poor country, hilly, timbered with scrub oak and pine, the road crooked and very stony. An Artilleryman's Diary So we rode southward through the broken country, crossing ravines, riding through the scrub oaks and keeping a wary eye on the plains below. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure They will eat almost every kind of brush, but they have their preferences and enjoy especially blackberry vines and those kinds of brush which contain tannic acid, such as scrub oak. Practical Angora Goat Raising I've drawn a line out between that rock, and the scrub oak over yonder; and if he crosses that we're going to make him wish he hadn't. The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine We passed some old fields, and entered the great Wilderness,—a high and dry country, thickly overgrown with dwarfish timber, chiefly scrub oaks, pines, and cedars. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 They had walked some distance from the ground-jet, through scrub oak and bramble bushes. Voyage To Eternity Thistles and scrub oak dot the rocky fields. Cathedrals of Spain The hills were thickly covered with scrub oaks and pines. Madge Morton's Trust Pitch pines, small oaks of many varieties with an undergrowth "trash" of "hurts" and scrub oaks make up the forest which presses narrow cart paths and hangs over them. Old Plymouth Trails Presently he came out of the scrub oaks leading his horse, followed immediately by a boy on foot; but where was the horseback load of peltries that Uncle Ezra so confidently expected? Elam Storm, The Wolfer Or, The Lost Nugget Nest of sticks in a scrub oak, five feet from the ground. 480-487. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. The fog was as thick as ever, but the scrub oak had given place to more open country. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 "That way!" he muttered and went into the scrub oak with indecent haste. The Vagrant Duke The country, at first, was wild and barren, a wilderness of rocks and thorn bushes and stunted scrub oaks. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit Through these scrub oaks and wild pears, between this tangle of thickets, over the clematis and blackberry bush,––and here we are under the pines, the lofty and majestic pines. The Book of Khalid Racing around a thicket of scrub oak, he caught sight of Gowan more than an eighth of a mile ahead. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation There was nothing but the smooth, shelving mud basin, with the scrub oak surrounding it. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 I've got about twenty thousand acres here—mostly scrub oak—pine and spruce. The Vagrant Duke Brush and cactus, jumbles of sharp rocks, thickets of scrub oak and dumps of dwarf cedars, all matted along the narrow hog-back, as Blinky called it, made progress slow and tedious. Valley of Wild Horses Then he ran with the other end across the bench and snubbed it around a scrub oak growing on the slope. Louisiana Lou A Western Story Passing along for a short distance, they came to a scrub oak, the roots of which had struck into the side of the ledge. The Cabin on the Prairie And with throttle stretched to the limit he went roaring over the scrub oak toward Peconic Bay. t was beginning to grow dark, almost too dark for landing. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 There was but one road, a sandy one, wearing marks of travel, which emerged from the scrub oak and pine and definitely concluded at the railroad track. The Vagrant Duke Pan constructed the opening to resemble a narrow aisle of scrub oak. Valley of Wild Horses In one hand he held the coil of wire snubbed about the roots of the scrub oak while the other was clutching the nose of his horse. Louisiana Lou A Western Story Gone were all the leaves of the scrub oaks, and beneath the thickets of spruce still remained a white pall of snow. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast As he did so, he saw a human face peering at him out of a clump of scrub oak. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 No vegetation, save a few olives and scrub oaks and the bitter herbs and euphorbus. The Spirit of Rome A few hundred yards on there was an outcrop of rock with alder and scrub oak intermingling. Border Ghost Stories He dropped the wire and went out and led his horse back among the scrub oaks. Louisiana Lou A Western Story The wheels had hardly stopped moving when Curly crept out, plowed through the sand, up the rubble of a little hill, and into a draw where a bunch of scrub oaks offered cover. Crooked Trails and Straight The moon was full, low above the scrub oaks. The Jucklins A Novel A growth of thick scrub oak made travel difficult. The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories During one of my outings a blustering whirlwind started on the summit of a small hill scantily covered with scrub oak. Our Bird Comrades Our way led through nothing but scrub oaks, for all the larger trees had gradually disappeared from the mountain-side, which had for some time been cultivated by the Indians. Adventures of a Young Naturalist He disappeared into the scrub oaks, from whence his alarmed voice came in a minute. Crooked Trails and Straight Master black-head and his mate are partial to the scrub oaks for nesting sites. Birds of the Rockies The engineer that designed that hospital must have had some sense, because they are building a canopy around one of the trees adjacent to that hospital, and have arranged to cut only one scrub oak. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 To relieve their anguish I retired up the slope a short distance, seated myself in the pleasant shade of a scrub oak, and made an entry of my find in my notebook. Our Bird Comrades The rest were hidden in little hollows, in scattered clumps of pine, or in patches of scrub oak. At Plattsburg The result is that nearly all these birds have left my land for certain plains near by which are covered with scrub oaks and where there is too little ground life to attract the cats. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization The patch of brown by the rustling scrub oak glimmered before his eyes. The Adventures of Bobby Orde All this part of the country is a sandy waste, with a sparse growth of scrub oaks and but little vegetation. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner It presents us with a panorama of misty woods, gleaming water, and glowing heather; a combe-furrowed moorland clothed with scrub oaks and feathery larches. Exeter A soft, unbleached, washable silk, woven from the cocoons of the wild silkworm, which feeds on the leaves of the scrub oak. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades First one, then the other Carver brother stepped out from a scrub oak thicket—short, leathery old men, with ragged whiskers and dirt seamed into their faces and wrists. The Invaders In the depths of the scrub oaks she came upon Mark Tapkins, sitting upon a log and looking as nearly tragic as he, poor, slow fellow, could look. Janet of the Dunes We will unload it from the flat car and take it into a grove of scrub oaks on the shore of Lake Michigan, near by. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner Then the wind, tearing a prickly dead branch from a scrub oak by the roadside, cast it full into his dignified countenance. Fair Harbor A scrub oak jutted up from the edge of the cliff and to this he tied securely one end of the rope. Oh, You Tex! When Roger finally scrambled panting to his feet, face burning, ears ringing, he found that they were in a narrow valley thick grown with scrub oak. The Forbidden Trail Janet recalled the old fancy now, leaning against the tall poplar which, indeed, was whispering in nervous fashion to the blushing scrub oaks clustering close. Janet of the Dunes It was bordered by hazel brush and once in a while a scrub oak. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History The poplar trees along the road were blushing with the green of spring, and up from the river-flats, gray-purple with scrub oak and willow, came the indescribably sweet spring smell. The Second Chance Out of a thin soil grew pine trees and pine trees, scrub oak and scrub oak. The Long Roll The white-barked pine branches out like the scrub oak on the prairie. The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' After breakfast that day he went for a walk in the scrub oaks. Janet of the Dunes "There is a great rock showing above the scrub oaks to the north," said Bradford pointing in that direction. Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims The marshes and slopes on either side were thickly set with low pines and scrub oaks, offering concealment to both parties. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 Around all swept the pine and the scrub oak, just varied by other trees and blossoming shrubs. The Long Roll Yet the deathly stillness in the scrub oaks around the house continued. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond Janet could almost feel the breeze that swayed the scrub oaks and wild roses in the picture. Janet of the Dunes “I say,” he said, as they reached at last a little opening in among the scrub oak trees, “are we two going to have it out before we go home?” Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days The other peak, not quite so precipitous, afforded foothold for scattered scrub oaks and for a host of slowly moving sheep and goats. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The Fire Zouaves, all red, advanced like a flame against the 4th Alabama, crouched behind scrub oak to the left of the field. The Long Roll When you walk among the bushes and the scrub oaks and listen to the desolate wind you need no inscription to tell you that you are in the Wilderness. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond Manson's beat that night was over a low hill covered with scrub oak, and across part of a narrow valley, through which wound a small,113 marsh-bordered stream. Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England This Dark Forest is a large tract of scrub oak, birch and holly, with dense undergrowths of briar; the haunt of innumerable small birds that dart in and out, chirping faintly. The Statesmen Snowbound And the clear air was full of the noise of a brook that cascaded between the scrub oaks of the higher mountain, raced past the tents, and plunged out of sight in the narrower gorge. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Still higher up yellow pines become abundant and in places spread out into magnificent forests, while in some mountain regions scrub oak, quaking asp, and even spruce trees are abundant. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 She looked through the window and saw nothing that lived among the bushes and the scrub oaks only the scant grass and the new spring foliage waving in the gentle wind. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond His fingers were bent and twisted out of all shape and looked more like the knotted and gnarled branches of a scrub oak than anything else that I can think of. A Ball Player's Career Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson Manzanita, piñon nuts, juniper berries, acorns of the scrub oak, fruit of the yucca, wild potatoes, wild onions, mesquite pods, and many varieties of fungi also furnish food. The North American Indian The grafting was done as an experiment in the hope that we might possibly utilize our waste lands which are covered with birch and scrub oak by grafting these trees with hazels and chinkapins. Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917 The mood of the scrub oak was more habitual with him. The Last Harvest The sassafras bushes and the scrub oaks moan sadly in the wind, and few human beings wander over the desolate hills and valleys. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond The two boys rode on and up, leaving behind the scrub oak, chapparal, and manzanita, and into the great yellow pine and sugar pine forests. The Boy With the U. S. Foresters The high mountain districts are characterized by a heavy growth of giant pines, with firs and spruce in the highest parts, and many groves of scrub oak. Navaho Houses, pages 469-518 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898 Davidson's men were between us and the scrub oak thicket, and we must wait till the column swept by. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady As you turn a corner of the road, passing the base of a huge hill of granite all overgrown with ivy and scrub oak, the deacon's house comes full in sight. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales She sprang toward the horse, nerved by Brant's apparent slowness to respond, and loosened the rein from the scrub oak. Bob Hampton of Placer Great cliffs towered high on either side, great grey, rugged cliffs topped with pine and scrub oak. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia By the decaying wall of the little church a scrub oak rattled its tenacious leafage of russet brown. Destiny The men of the British vanguard were all about us when we got to the scrub oak thicket and mounted, but no one of them raised a hand to stay us. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady If you are a willow, don't attempt to be a pine, and if the Lord made you to grow like an elm don't pattern yourself after a scrub oak. A String of Amber Beads He swung himself from the saddle, tied a loose rein to a scrub oak, and clambered up the bank. Bob Hampton of Placer Barren rock and scrub oak, no army could live here in sufficient numbers to subdue even a semi-warlike nation. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia Mart took his forty-odd men back to the firs and scrub oaks at the lower point of the western hills, and there they stretched out in the brush, and prepared to bombard the ranch house. Injun and Whitey to the Rescue We had tethered our horses in a thicket of scrub oak where they would be out of bullet-reach until the enemy gained the bank. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady We were in the midst of an idyllic country—green, sloping, lawn-like pastures, dotted sparsely with grotesque scrub oaks. The River and I Here and there was a clump of scrub oaks; sparsely scattered about were small pines. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan It was a wild picturesque region, overgrown with tulip trees, Judas trees, and scrub oaks. Dotty Dimple Out West These western hills were rocky, and at their end a growth of firs, scrub oak, and brush gave the lynchers shelter. Injun and Whitey to the Rescue Farther down in the depths thickets of scrub oak and wild vines form oases that are invisible unless one is standing on the brink. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 It was nothing but sand and scrub oaks. Children of the Market Place The dogs roused the bear in less than two minutes, and there was tumult in the scrub oak. Bears I Have Met—and Others We left the buffalo camp about eight o'clock, and had a toilsome and harassing march of two hours, over ridges of hills covered with a ragged forest of scrub oaks, and broken by deep gullies. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader The man stripped from a scrub oak a handful of leaves. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West Before us were wide rounded hills covered with a scattered small growth that in general appearance resembled scrub oak. African Camp Fires Land speculators swarmed everywhere; land offices confronted one at every turn; lawyers, doctors, men of all professions and trades had descended upon this waste of sand and scrub oaks about the lake. Children of the Market Place The shock knocked the bear off his pins, but he recovered and ran into a thicket of scrub oak. Bears I Have Met—and Others The man above fastened the end of the rope to the roots of a scrub oak and ran down the slope at full speed. A Man Four-Square Behind any scrub oak or cedar, under cover of an aspen thicket or even of a clump of gray sage, an enemy with murder in his heart might be lurking. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West The guards curiously watched by the marching men passed near Josiah with their prisoner and busied themselves with looking among the hazel, scrub oak and sassafras for a large enough tree near to the road. Westways All this waste of sand and scrub oak which I had seen in 1833 was now covered with buildings big and little. Children of the Market Place On finding that it was again chased, the raccoon at first took shelter in a dense thicket of scrub oak, which formed in places a tangled undergrowth. Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods They are fern palms and those scrub oaks are palmettos. Andrew the Glad The remains of the forest, overgrown with scrub oak and popple thickets pushed down to the right of way. The Rules of the Game The soldiers dust-grey and thirsty scattered over the clearing or lay in the shadow of the scrub oaks. Westways Another feature of the chaparral is the scrub oak. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter Benito, concealing himself behind a scrub oak, watched them, animatedly conversing, as they descended and picked their way inland toward the Square. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts The local names preserve the tradition, with here and there patches of scrub oak that hug the ground close, to escape the blast from the North Sea. Hero Tales of the Far North High chaparral, scrub oaks, and scattered, unkempt digger pines threw their thicket up to the very right of way. The Rules of the Game The soil of many plantations examined by Mr. Fortune is very thin and poor, in some places little more than sand, such soil as would grow pines and scrub oaks. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 Their tops are covered with bracken, heather, scrub oak, and quantities of whortle berries, the ripening of the last marking the beginning of the summer holidays for the village children, who then go "whorting." Somerset We had packed between three and four hundred pounds of wild-horse meat, which had been cut into small pieces and strung on the branches of a scrub oak near camp. Tales of lonely trails The dark growth of scrub oak and pine parted suddenly and the lithe figure of a boy of about seventeen emerged suddenly into the little clearing. The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol Except for little groves of scrub oak it was open country, the broad stream showing clearly between green banks, with few cultivated fields in sight. Love under Fire I'd—I'd worm along pretty spry if I was you, going down as far as the scrub oak—say, about as swift as a rattlesnake strikes—and pray any little prayers you happen to remember. The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On In places one comes upon old fields that have been allowed to revert to broom sedge, scrub oak and scrub pine. George Washington: Farmer The scrub oak and manzanita saved me many a fall. Tales of lonely trails Being a little fatigued in ascending, I sat down in a wood of scrub oak. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America The mother bird flew into a scrub oak. Out of Doors—California and Oregon "At first just a sweep of tawny sand-dunes, surrounded by scrub oak and chaparral." The Lure of San Francisco A Romance Amid Old Landmarks For part of the way the road was bordered with a growth of scrub oak and pine, interspersed with stretches of cleared land, white with the opening cotton or yellow with ripening corn. The Marrow of Tradition I saw both prickly-pear and mescal cactus, cedars, manzanita brush, scrub oak, and juniper trees. Tales of lonely trails I walked for some distance along the Canadian heights, and then crossed the river, where I met my friend waiting my return under a clump of scrub oak. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America Thus on April first, among dappled hills and the bronze of scrub oaks, while Kennicott seesawed on his toes and chuckled, "Wonder what Hugh'll say when he sees us?" Main Street On one shore was an irregular line of bald clay bluffs where a few scrub oaks with thick trunks and flat, twisted tops threw light shadows on the long grass. The Troll Garden and Selected Stories Dodging under willow and scrub oak branches she came at last to the faint outline of an old trail made in the days when the precious timber of the swamp was guarded by armed men. A Girl of the Limberlost The slope inclined at a steep angle and was one long slide of bits of yellow stone with many bunches of scrub oak and manzanita. Tales of lonely trails Once when stalking deer, the animal became alarmed and started to run away behind a screen of scrub oak. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow On the railroad track behind the copse of scrub oak an unskilful train crew was making up a long train of freight cars. The Web of Life A great block of sandstone, to whose summit a man standing in his saddle could scarcely reach his fingertips, towered above the stream, with a gnarled scrub oak clinging tenaciously to its apex. The Call of the Cumberlands "Oh, take care, Joe," screamed David, in terror, "we most went over," for on one side the road ran down abruptly into a thicket of evergreen and scrub oaks. The Adventures of Joel Pepper It happened that when we headed into the hollow it was at a point just above where the deer carcass hung in the scrub oak. Tales of lonely trails But seeing that it had turned to nothing but a man, he wandered up into the deserted fence corner, and began to nibble refreshment from a scrub oak. The Best American Humorous Short Stories So they came to have a rendezvous at the rear of a vacant lot not far from the deserted cottage, which lifted its ill-favored roof above the scrub oaks. The Web of Life The wood was delightful, also, after my two months in eastern Florida, for lying on a slope, and for having an undergrowth of loose shrubbery instead of a jungle of scrub oak and saw palmetto. A Florida Sketch-Book Pine-trees grew thickly all over, but here and there were patches of silver birch, scrub oak, and considerable colonies of wild raspberry and gooseberry bushes. Three More John Silence Stories At the upper end of the bench rose a knoll, golden and green with scrub oaks, and russet-colored with its lichened rocks. Tales of lonely trails Afterwards they set out to find a way beyond the borders of the marsh and scrub oaks, to some place where possibly they might get assistance. Air Service Boys over the Atlantic In the San Jacinto Reserve I made a cruise through the southern half; much of this section is clothed in scrub oak, with scattered deer throughout. American Big Game in Its Haunts The palms and mangroves gave place to scrub oaks, and they in turn to pine and cedar. The Real America in Romance, Volume 6; a Century Too Soon (A Story For two hours and more I followed him far north along the ridge, till I came up with him in a patch of scrub oak. Salute to Adventurers And I was amazed at the size and density of that jungle of scrub oaks, maples and aspens. Tales of lonely trails Continual re-enforcements enabled them to fight their way through the scrub oak woods to within two hundred yards of the earthen ramparts, when the defensive fire ceased. Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812 It is very largely composed of scrub oak, buckthorn, chámisal or greasewood, with a scattered growth of wild lilac, wild cherry, etc. American Big Game in Its Haunts At long, impossible length her weary footsteps took her along a familiar path, past a silent dell wreathed in scrub oak and maple. Highland Ballad Through snow and ice the red leaves had clung to the little scrub oak, and now that a mild day had come, the leaves looked very bright as the sun lay on them. Princess Polly's Gay Winter Soon I worked or wormed out of the pines into the thicket of scrub oaks, maples and aspens. Tales of lonely trails Sailors— deserters from whale-ships—had been seen lurking about the outskirts of the town, and low scrub oaks which everywhere beset the trail might have easily concealed some desperate runaway. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers At the time of our visit these were at a lower altitude, in the chaparral and among the scrub oaks of the foothills. American Big Game in Its Haunts Bordered by scrub oak and maple, alone in its silent dell, it was a place removed from time, hallowed, and to her, sacred. Highland Ballad The first log cabin they had seen since entering the wood nestled among the scrub oaks of the hill hard by. Viola Gwyn The scrub oaks were shaggy and ragged, gray as the rocks. Tales of lonely trails Last year's sere leaves rattled on the scrub oaks; the wind-blown juniper bushes made dark spots against the wet brown of the sand and the cart swayed lumberingly through the heavy road. Little Miss By-The-Day In many places the hills are covered with an almost impenetrable chaparral of scrub oak, buckthorn, greasewood, manzanita, and deer-brush, in which the wary deer have taken refuge. American Big Game in Its Haunts The trail led over the beds of dried-up streams, and skirted the numerous patches of scrub oak and cotton-wood trees which were scattered all over the prairie. Jim Cummings Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery Once I wander off my proper course for several miles; finding out my mistake I determine upon regaining the Torbali trail by a short cut across the stubble-fields and uncultivated knolls of scrub oak. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran In a little bunch of scrub oaks he found a saddled horse tied to a sapling. A Texas Ranger There is considerable scrub oak also thinly scattered over large portions of fertile prairie. Minnesota and Dacotah Wild roses clambered over stumps of fallen monarchs, and scrub oak sheltered resting sheep. Moths of the Limberlost They had left the road and were speeding over the frozen prairie, skirting a small clump of scrub oak, when just before them, a solitary horseman could be seen, leisurely walking his steed. Jim Cummings Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery On the opposite side of the stream was another stretch of beach, more sand bluffs, pines and scrub oaks. Galusha the Magnificent Overhead in the bare tops of the scrub oaks that covered the prairie oasis, the February wind sang a shrill and doleful song. Alice of Old Vincennes Harry, rising up in his stirrups, tried to see over the dense undergrowth, but patches of saplings and scrub oaks farther on hid the view. The Star of Gettysburg A Story of Southern High Tide Against their whiteness the pitch pines and cedars stood darkly green and the skeleton scrub oaks and bushes cast delicate blue-penciled shadows. Cy Whittaker's Place The leaves of the scrub oaks were beginning to turn, though not to fall. The Rise of Roscoe Paine Both road and stream wound up through a valley dense with scrub oak and fir. The Hound of the Baskervilles The three stood in a close-set clump of four or five scrub oaks at the highest point of a thinly wooded knoll that sloped down in all directions to the prairie. Alice of Old Vincennes She drove the cows to the rude shed among the scrub oaks, she collected the goats and young kids in the corral, and replenished the stock of fuel from the woodpile. Sally Dows Sailors—deserters from whaleships—had been seen lurking about the outskirts of the town, and low scrub oaks which everywhere beset the trail might have easily concealed some desperate runaway. Legends and Tales It had a large garden in the rear, reclaimed from the adjacent "scrub oak" infested sand hill, and protected by a high wall. From Sand Hill to Pine A small scrub oak tree was then cut down and trimmed, and twelve men, representing the Apostles, conveyed it to a designated place. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 Here are pines, pinions and junipers, with a sprinkling of scrub oaks, and the flowering bush with white flowers and long velvety tendrils locally known as the cinchona. The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it The road, little used and grass grown, twisted and turned amid the dunes until it disappeared in a distant grove of scrub oaks and pitch pines. The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights Then he turns to the woman and she slides out, her duds rustlin' like the wind in a scrub oak. The Depot Master A taller scrub oak grew near the wall; to the mountain-bred Bray it was an easy matter to swing himself from it to the wall, and he did. From Sand Hill to Pine Between Kuroishi and Aomori, however, it is broken up into low ranges, scantily wooded, mainly with pine, scrub oak, and the dwarf bamboo. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan The grassy flats, the red ridges, the rocky slopes, the thickets of manzanita and scrub oak and cactus were dusty, glaring, throat-parching places under the hot summer sun. To the Last Man Therefore, we made for the point of the forest where it ended abruptly in the scrub oak. The Last of the Plainsmen Across the pathway was a thick scrub oak, under which I sat down to watch. Secret of the Woods For a while we brushed through thickets of scrub oak. The Young Forester The ground about the camp was covered with pine and scrub oaks. The Scouts of the Valley |
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