Black Oak (Vt., Conn., N. Y., Wis., Ia., Neb., So. Dak., Ont.).
Spanish Oak (Pa., N. C.).
Locality.
East of Rocky Mountains, Nova Scotia to Georgia, westward intermittently to Nebraska and Kansas, best in Massachusetts.
Features of Tree.
Ninety to one hundred feet in height. Three to six feet and over in diameter, brownish-gray bark smooth on branches. Leaves have sharp-pointed lobes, very large acorns in flat shallow cups. A fine complete tree.
Color, Appearance, or Grain of Wood.
Heartwood light brown or red, sapwood darker, coarse-grained, well-marked annual rings, medullary rays few but broad.
Structural Qualities of Wood.
Heavy, hard, strong, inclined to check in drying, acid, inferior to white oak.