Name:          Common:  Shingle Oak

                    Scientific:   Quercus ibricarla

 
Leaf:            Type:

                    Form: 1.Vein:  Pinnate

                            2. Apex:  Spine on tip, end in point

                             3. Margin:  Smooth

                             4. Base:  Narrow point, growing wider to apex

                   Venation:  Pinnate

                   Arrangement:  Alternate

 Flower:  Yes

          Description:  Brown in color, pistallate with few in cluster

 
Fruit:  Yes

                                                  Description:  Acorn 1/2 inch

Twig:  Thin bark divided by shallow fissures, into broad ridges of dark brown color

Bark:  Brown to gray, smooth, becoming rough and furrowed into scaly ridges

Form:  Pyramidal to upright oval when young, broad round with age, drooping lower branches

Discussion:

Uses:  Used to make shingles

Origin:  North America native

Distribution:  Ohio valley north toward Michigan and Wisconsin and west to Iowa

Map: N 40 39 58.1       W 88 53 44.2

References:  arborday.org

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