Black Oak

Black Oak
(Quercus velutina Lam.)
LEAVES: Alternate, simple, 4"-8" long, 3"-5" wide; each has 5-7 pointed, bristle-tipped lobes, sinuses between the lobes go halfway to the mid-rib on lower leaves, deeper on top leaves; ...

Native to the hills not far from campus, black oak is a deciduous tree with deeply lobed leaves (usually seven lobes) and a number of bristles on each lobe where the veins terminate.

Black Oak (Q. velutina): Black oak grows 50 to 60 feet tall. The spread is variable; it can be narrow or wide-spreading. This oak can live 150 to 200 years.

Black Oak Black Oak (Quercus Velutina) - A tall tree up to 150 feet, the outer bark a very dark brown with deeply cut leaves with sharp points.

black oak Fagaceae Quercus velutina Lam.   symbol: QUVE
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Black Oak KWER-kus ve-LU-ti-na
Deciduous tree, to 60 ft (18 m) high, occasionally to 100 ft (30 m) or more, variable spread, narrow or wide, often an open crown. Bark dark brown, inner bark orange or yellow.

acorn, 1-3 cm long
cup saucer-shaped, covers 1/4 of the nut
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25. Black Oak Quercus velutina leaf ...

California Black Oak [English]: Quercus kelloggii
California Black Walnut [English]: Juglans californica
California Blackberry [English]: Rubus ursinus
California Blazingstar [English]: Mentzelia nitens var. nitens Greene ...

California Black Oak Quercus kelloggii
Canyon live oak Quercus. chrysolepis
Champion Oak - Quercus rubra
Coast Live Oak Quercus agrifolia
Cork Oak Quercus suber
Dyer's Oak - Quercus velutina
Eastern Black Oak - Quercus velutina' ...

I had several of these vines try to take down 30 ft black oaks here in central Fl. Once the grew too high, I cut the stems connecting to the grown about 3 ft, the vine will then turn yellow and loose its large leaves.

The oaks are divided into two groups: white oaks and red or black oaks. Swamp chestnut oak is a member of the white oak group, characterized by acorns that mature in a single season and leaves that lack bristle tips.

Its leaves take the shape of a black oak leaf, except they are two times larger, often growing to 10 inches. In the fall, the foliage turns a beautiful red to maroon color.

Acorns of the black oak group exhibit variable dormancy and stratification is usually recommended before spring sowing.

small acorns around 0.66" to 0.75" in diameter
acorns take 2 years to mature (black oak group)
Bark
stems greenish brown
smooth bark on medium-sized branches
main trunk with shallow ridges and furrows
color is gray brown ...

Oak Quercus palustris Pin Oak Quercus phellos Willow Oak Quercus prinus Chestnut Oak Quercus robur English Oak Quercus robur 'Fastigiata' Upright or Pyramidal English Oak Quercus rubra Red Oak Quercus stellata Post Oak Quercus velutina Black Oak ...

At lower elevation it merges with annual grasslands, and at higher elevations it blends with chaparral, pinyon and juniper woodlands. The blue oak often grows among gray pines and other oaks species such as live oak, black oak and valley oak.

Successsion is toward a white oak-black oak-northern red oak and bur oak communities. In central Wisconsin, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) is encroaching on northern pin oak communities.

Quercus kelloggii (California Black Oak)
Quercus laurifolia (Laurel Oak, Diamond Leaf Oak)
Quercus lobata (Valley Oak, California White Oak)
Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak, Mossy Cup Oak)
Quercus michauxii (Chestnut Oak) ...

to poisoning, and horses are rarely affected (likely due to a unwillingness to consume oak). Pets rarely consume sufficient quantities to do harm. Many species of oak have been implicated in the poisoning of livestock, with red and black oak ...

Second, genetic diversity always exists within a species, and adding to this is the fact that members of the Red Oak Group often cross-hybridize, resulting in a greater mixing of the gene pool. This tree may actually be a hybrid with Black Oak ...

petiolaris Bigleaf Linden T. platyphyllos Silver Linden T. tomentosa American Linden Tilia Americana Chinkapin Oak Q. muehlenbergii Chestnut Oak Q. prinus Black Oak Q. velutina Swam White Oak Q. bicolor ...

See also: Oak, May, Green, Quercus, Acorn