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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Quercus velutina
Phenology Observation Sheet for Deciduous Trees and Shrubs

COMMON NAME

Black oak

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Quercus velutina

Plant family

Beech (Fagaceae)

Plant group

Deciduous Trees and Shrubs

5-7 bristle-tipped lobed leaves. Typically dark and shiny on upper surface and variable in shape. Young leaves are red dish and densely hairy.
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Identification hints

Leaves usually have 5-7 lobes that each end in a bristle-tipped point, are typically dark and shiny on the upper surface, and can be quite variable in shape. The young leaves are reddish and densely hairy. Mature bark is dark and broken into short, irregular block-like strips. Fruit is an acorn. Found in dry woods. There are frequent hybrids between black oak and other related oaks, such as red oak. For the purpose of the New England Leaf Out Project, you can include any oak tree that reasonably fits the above description as long as the leaves have pointed obes.
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Did you know?

Black oak trees do not generally begin producing acorns until they are 20 years old" According to the US Forest Service, Black oaks produce their best seed crops between 40 and 75 years of age.
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Alabama , Arkansas , Connecticut , Delaware , Florida , Georgia , Iowa , Illinois , Indiana , Kansas , Kentucky , Louisiana , Massachusetts , Maryland , Maine , Michigan , Minnesota , Missouri , Mississippi , North Carolina , Nebraska , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Oklahoma , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Carolina , Tennessee , Texas , Virginia , Vermont , Wisconsin , West Virginia
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