Native Trees of Indiana
River Walk

 

Blackjack Oak

Quercus marilandica

 

Blackjack Oak

Natural range is Green.

Blackjack Oak

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A red oak type, Blackjack Oak is a small tree, reaching only 40 feet. Usually scrubby and `gothic-looking’, sometimes shrub-like, it is found in dry, infertile soil. Mature leaves are downy on the lower surface with 3 rounded bristle-tipped lobes.

 

 

Inventory No. 7347 
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