Arkansas Tree Database

Scientific name:

Quercus Nigra

Size:

60' tall by 60' wide, up to 100' tall

Leaves:

alternate, simple, 1.5"-4" long, wedge-shaped sometimes with small lobes, bristle-tipped

Flowers:

inconspicuous

Fruit:

small acorn enclosed at base only in thin cup, ripening in autumn of the second year

Fall Interest:

yellow, leaves persist late; semi-evergreen to deciduous

Culture:

sun; dry to moist

Disease/Insect:

Use:

ornamental shade tree; marketed as red oak lumber but not as valuable because of knots; crossties, fuel, pulp, face veneer

Cultivars:

Notes:

bark grayish black with shallow grooves and wide flat scaly ridges with age; leaves persisting late through winter provide shelter to wildlife; butterfly larval host; in the red oak group; native to Arkansas