Quercitron

Quercitron, the name both of a dyestuff and of the species of oak of which it is the bark. This oak (Quercus coccinea, var. tinctoria), also called Dyer's Oak and Yellow-barked Oak, is a native of North America—one of the noblest forest trees of the United States, found in New England, and as far south as Georgia, although there only at a considerable elevation. For the dyestuff, see DYEING, Vol. IV. p. 139.