Taxon

Quercus ellipsoidalis

 
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Quercus ellipsoidalis - northern pin oak, black oak, hill's oak, jack oak
Image: Dillon, Kerry
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Common name: northern pin oak, black oak, hill's oak, jack oak (English)
Family: Fagaceae (Beech)
Distribution: United States & Canada
Hardiness: Zone 3 (-40 to -30 F)
Life form: Deciduous tree
Oak Collection: Oak Collection
Description: Tall tree similar to Quercus palustris, reaching 25m with gray bark, smooth or with flat grooves; young buds tomentose, leaves elliptic, 8-12 cm long, deeply 5-6 lobed, sinuate, the lobes coarsely dentate, base truncate to broadly cuneate, soon totally glabrous except for the pubescent vein axils beneath. Acorns ellipsoid to nearly globose, 1-2 cm long, appressed, light brown, finely pubescent.

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