COMMON NAME(S):
LEAF: 4-8" long, elliptical; deeply divided into 7 or 5 narrow long-pointed lobes ending in a few bristle-topped teeth; wide sinuses between lobes
BARK: gray or brown, smooth; becoming black and furrowed into flat, scaly ridges
ACORN: 1/4-1 1/4" long; oblong, usually dark-striped, deep thick cup tapering to broad stalklike base
GROWTH: 60-100 feet
DISTRIBUTION: Alabama west to extreme E Texas, north to SE Missouri
LOCATION: South Park, Quincy, IL