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Blackjack Tree Leaves Pictures
Blackjack Tree Leaves Pictures
Blackjack Oak Tree Leaves Pictures
Blackjack Oak (Quercus marilandica) Height 20-50' Characteristics: The leaves are up to 7 inches long, leathery, with a brown, very hairy under-surface. Examine the leaves to observe that they are slightly triangular, broadest near the tip. Blackjack oak is often a short, contorted tree, growing on poor soils. Blackjack oak is a small to medium-sized tree with a rounded, irregular crown; distinctive bark; and a tendency to retain dead branches on the middle to lower part of the trunk. It is well limbed along the entire length of the trunk. Leaves are distinctively wedge- or bell-shaped; alternate, simple, bristle-tipped, leathery, and shallowly 3-lobed. There is a western form of blackjack that grows only to 30 feet and can grow in sand or gravel, clay soils that are only slightly acidic. IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION: Rounded symmetrical tree with club-like leaves and very dark heavily textured bark. Stiff in overall appearance.
Blackjack Tree Leaves
Simple, alternate, 4' to 10' long and 3' to 5' wide, strongly obovate, usually with three main bristle-tipped lobes on the upper half of the leaf, the bottom half narrowing abruptly to the petiole. Leaves are leathery, dark green and glossy on top, lighter and tawny-pubescent below. Blackjack oak is a small to medium size oak that grows best in dry to medium, well-drained soils. It is a tough tree that can grow in poor, dry soils. The leaves appear dark green and leathery that are hairy underneath and have small bristles on the tips of the edges of the leaf. Fall color consists of yellowish brown to russet.
