Black Oak

Quercus velutina

Summary 2

Eastern Black oak (Quercus velutina), or more commonly known as simply Black Oak is an oak in the red oak (Quercus sect. Lobatae) group of oaks. It is native to eastern North America from southern Ontario south to northern Florida and southern Maine west to northeastern Texas. It is a common tree in the Indiana Dunes and other sandy dunal ecosystems along the southern shores of Lake Michigan. It is most often found in dry well...

Fuentes y créditos

  1. (c) Benny Mazur, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/44545509@N00/1413994669
  2. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_velutina

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Leaves simple
Temperature preference warm valleys/south slopes
Habitat moisture dry, mesic/medium