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Quercus velutina (Latin 'velutina', "velvety") , the black oak, is a species of oak in the red oak group (Quercus sect. Lobatae), native and widespread in eastern and central North America. It is sometimes called the eastern black oak. [4] Quercus velutina was previously known as yellow oak due to the yellow pigment in its inner bark.
Map of oak savanna distribution in North America. Although there are pockets of oak savanna almost anywhere in North America where oaks are present, there are three major oak savanna areas: 1) California, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon in the west; 2) Southwestern United States and northern Mexico; and 3) the prairie/forest border zone of the Midwestern United States.
The northeastern portion of the wildlife area is Hooper Branch Savanna Nature Preserve, the largest single tract of oak savanna remaining in Illinois. The dominant oak tree is the black oak, often found on relatively infertile, sandy ground. Prairie forbs include the blazing star and hairy puccoon.
Black Gum, American Sweetgum, Red Maple, Sweetbay Magnolia, American Beech, Swamp White Oak, American Holly [15] New Jersey: William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest [15] 65 acres (26 ha) [15] Northeastern coastal forests: White Oak, Eastern Black Oak, Northern Red Oak [15] New Jersey: Tillman Ravine [15] 25 acres (10 ha) [15] Allegheny Highlands ...
The current oak–hickory forest includes the former range of the oak–chestnut forest region, which encompassed the northeast portion of the current oak–hickory range. When the American chestnut population succumbed to invasive fungal blight in the early 20th century, those forests shifted to an oak and hickory dominated ecosystem.
Oak woodland in Lake County, Illinois. An oak woodland is a plant community with a tree canopy dominated by oaks (Quercus spp.).In terms of canopy closure, oak woodlands are intermediate between oak savanna, which is more open, and oak forest, which is more closed. [1]
Illinois has three major geographical divisions: Northern, Central, and Southern. Collectively, central and southern Illinois are often referred to within Illinois as "downstate Illinois" but with political developments since World War II "Downstate" now generally refers to all of Illinois outside of the Chicago metro area.
Black oak is the dominant species, with blackjack oak and red hickory, and a woody understory of poison ivy, fragrant sumac, prickly ash, and gray dogwood. [ 5 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 1 ] Sand Ridge State Forest is the largest area of sand-dominated plants managed by the state of Illinois. [ 1 ]