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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.
Trigonobalanus excelsa, commonly called the Colombian black oak, [2] is a species of plant in the family Fagaceae. It is a tree endemic to Colombia . The genus Trigonobalanus is related to the true oaks ( Quercus ) and includes three known species, T. excelsa and two species native to Southeast Asia.
California black oak is a deciduous tree growing in mixed evergreen forests, oak woodlands, and coniferous forests. California black oak is distributed along foothills and lower mountains of California and western Oregon. [6] [7] It can be found at altitudes of up to 1,800 m (5,900 ft), for example near Mount Shasta. [4]
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.
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Black oak is a common name for several species of tree. These include: Quercus kelloggii, the California black oak, from the western United States; Quercus velutina, the eastern black oak, from the eastern United States and Canada; Casuarina pauper, an Australian tree species; Trigonobalanus excelsa, the Colombian black oak, an oak relative ...
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