Compare sources for Quercus imbricaria

SE and Central USA; 100-700 m; introduced in Europe in 1786 by Fraser;

to 26 m tall; crown pyramid-shaped at first, becoming rounded;

Deciduous, medium tree usually under 50’

7.5-15 x 2-5 cm; entire, not toothed; semi-evergreen; oblong; apex pointed ending in small tooth; base attenuate; margin slightly wavy; dark green above; paler and pubescent beneath; petiole 1-1.5 cm, mostly red above;

• 6”
• never lobed or toothed
• wider than most similar oaks
• underleaf densel;u hairy
• droop gracefully (vs stiffer phellos)

acorn 1-2 cm, round; brown striped with black; cup with soft, overlapping, hairy scales; nut enclosed 1/3 to 1/2 by cup; maturing in 2 years;

• 3/4”
• cup fairly deep
• similar to velutina and coccinea

April-May;

greenish to brown

• Common in rish moist soils in lowlands and along streams, but also found on hillsides
• often with palustris and lyrata
• uncommon in cultivation
• zones 4-8

– A.Camus : n° 413; – Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, subsection Phellos; – Numerous hybrids, among them : Q.x anceps , Q.x egglestonii , Q.x exacta , Q.x leana , Q.x runcinata , Q. x tridentata ;