FAGACEAE 

 Post Oak 



Quercus stellata Wangenh. 



HABIT. A small to medium-sized tree 40-50 feet high and 

 1-2 feet in diameter (max. 100 by 4V^ feet), on poor sites a 

 shrub; crown rounded with few large branches. 



LEAVES. Deciduous; oblong to obovate; 4-6 inches long; 

 typically deeply 5-lobed with the rounded middle lobes oppo- 

 site giving a crosslike appearance; thick; dark green above, 

 tomentose below. 



FRUIT. Maturing in one year; sessile or nearly so; acorn 

 Vl-Vi inch long, red-brown, oval, enclosed for Vz length in thin- 

 scaled, bowl-shaped cup; shell glabrous inside; kernel sweet. 



TWIGS. More or less tomentose. Winter buds: Yq inch long, 

 hairy. 



BARK. Red-brown; otherwise similar to Q. alba. 



WOOD. Important; similar to Q. alba. 



SILVICAL CHARACTERS. Simihar to Q. alba; site varies 

 from dry sandy plains to moist river bottoms; a variable species 

 with several varieties and hybrids. 



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OvERCup Oak 



Quercus lyrata Walt. 



HABIT. A tree 40-60 feet high and 2-3 feet in diameter 

 (max. 100 by 5 feet); crown open and rounded with large, 

 crooked branches. 



LEAVES. Deciduous; oblong to obovate; 6-10 inches long; 

 deeply 5-9 lobed with broad irregular sinuses and rounded 

 lobes, giving the leaf an irregular, deeply cut appearance; 

 dark green above, paler below and glabrous or white-hairy. 



FRUIT. Maturing in one year; sessile or nearly so; acorn 

 Vi-1 inch long, chestnut-brown, subglobose; nearly enclosed 

 in a deep, thin cup with unfringed margin; shell glabrous inside; 

 kernel sweet. 



TWIGS. Rather slender, gray, usually glabrous. Winter 

 buds: Vq inch long, mostly woolly. 



BARK. Similar to Q. alba. 



WOOD. Important; similar to Q. alba. 

 SILVICAL CHARACTERS. Similar to Q. alba; typical of 

 wet, poorly drained clay soils. 



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