Skinny leaves and brownish-black, oblong acorns distinguish this oak. Best For : Because they can tolerate salt spray and compacted soil, live oaks work well as street trees in Zones 7 through 10. 5.

The leaves of black oak are multi-lobed, typically with seven lobes, with deep sinuses in between, and have bristle tips like all members of the red/black oak family. On the black oak, the alternately ...

In this episode of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee continues to talk about the oak groups, this time focusing on the black oak species. Deep sinuses on the leaves and shinier coat ...

Oak trees are focal points of many home landscapes, parks, and green spaces throughout Wisconsin. Several species are native ...

Our native oak trees face a new threat, ... (Quercus douglasii) and a distressed black oak (Quercus kelloggii). ... the tissue that moves nutrients from a tree’s roots to stems and leaves.