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• Eastern Red Oak - Quercus borealis
  • leaf - dull above, glabrous beneath, lobes narrowing toward margin, sinuses about half-way to mid-rib.
  • acorn - shallow cup, saucer-shaped, with glossy tight scales, white kernel
  • twig with buds - buds red brown, not angled; twigs red-brown, smooth
• Northern Pin - Quercus ellipsoidalis
  • leaf - lustrous, deeply lobed, lobes widening toward margin, base truncate or broad-cunate, 5 to 7 lobed
  • acorn - top-shaped cup, enclosing half of nut, yellow kernel
  • twig with buds - buds red-brown, obtuse at tip; twigs red-brown
• Black - Quercus velutina
  • leaf - leathery, thick, petioles yellow, sinuses varying from shallow to deep
  • acorn - bowl-like cup, scales form fringe at margin, yellow kernel
  • twig with bids - buds pale woolly, strongly 5-sided; twigs red-brown, lenticels conspicuous
• Pin - Quercus palustris
  • leaf - thin, lustrous, 5 to 7 lobed, few-toothed, slender petioles, base cuneate
  • acorn - saucer-shaped cup, scales with free tips, nut often striped
  • twigs with buds - side buds at wide angle; twigs red-brown, smooth
• Shingle - Quercus imbricaria
  • leaf - lustrous above, pubescent below, persistent in Winter
  • acorn - stalked cup, bowl-like, thin
  • twig with buds - buds brown smooth; twigs smooth, gray-brown
• Willow - Quercus phellos
  • leaf - lustrous, nearly sessile, acute at both ends
  • acorn - talked cup, shallow, thin
  • twig with buds - buds brown; twigs fine

• White - Quercus alba
  • leaf - glabrous, with deep sinuses, often persistent in winter
  • acorn - bowl-like cup, with thickened warty scales, nut edible
  • twig with buds - buds red-brown, smooth; twigs red-brown, later ashy-gray; lenticels pale, conspicuous
• Bur - Quercus macrocarpa
  • leaf - usually with "wasp-waist" - thick, smooth above, pale-pubescent beneath
  • acorn - cup fringed, covering half or more of nut, larger in South
  • twig with buds - buds pale-woolly, gray-tan; twigs gray, later corky-ridged
• English - Quercus robur
  • leaf - auricled base, nearly sessile
  • acorn - cup enclosing 1/4 to 1/3 of nut, long-stemmed
  • twig with buds - buds, brown; side buds divergent; twigs brown
• Chinquapin - Quercus muehlenbergii
  • leaf - thick, shiny above, pubescent beneath, somewhat sharply-toothed, rounded base, slender petiole
  • acorn - cup bowl-shaped, thin, scales indistinct
  • twig with buds - buds chestnut-brown; twigs orange-brown
• Basket - Quercus michauxii
  • leaf - crenate margin, pale-pubescent beneath, cunate base, 10 to 14 pairs of teeth
  • acorn - cup bowl-shaped, thickened, scales wedge-shaped
  • twig with buds - buds chestnut-brown, twigs orange-brown
• Swamp White - Quercus bicolor
  • leaf - thick, firm, coarsely-toothed, shining above, pale-fomentose beneath, 6 to 10 pairs of teeth, often persistent in winter
  • acorn - usually paired, cup bowl-shaped, slightly-fringed, long-stalked
  • twigs with buds - buds brown; twigs yellow-brown, with pale, raised lenticels

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