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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.
Quercus texana Buckley – Nuttall's oak – south central North America (Lower Mississippi River Valley) Quercus tonduzii Seemen – Costa Rica; Quercus tuitensis L.M.González — Mexico; Quercus urbani Trel. – Mexico; Quercus uxoris McVaugh – Mexico; Quercus velutina Lam. – black oak or eastern black oak or dyer's oak – eastern North ...
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.
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 ...
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]
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]
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It is in the white oak section, Quercus sect. Quercus, and is also called mossycup oak, mossycup white oak, blue oak, or scrub oak. The acorns are the largest of any North American oak (thus the species name macrocarpa , from Ancient Greek μακρός makrós "large" and καρπός karpós "fruit"), and are important food for wildlife.