COMMON NAME(S): Black Oak 

LEAF: Moderately lobed, usually somewhat hairy underneath, somewhat thickened and generally glossy above. 4” to 10” 

BARK: Bark dark, blocky, usually but not always without shiny ridges.

ACORN: Acorn cup bowl-shaped and finely gray-hairy; edge rough with fringelike scales. About 1” long.

GROWTH: Height 70’ to 80’. Diameter 3’ – 4’.

DISTRIBUTION: Dry soils, s. Maine, New York, s. Ontario, s. Minnesota, and e. Nebraska to Georgia to nw. Florida and e. Texas.

LOCATION: Chapel Valley Subdivision, Quincy, IL