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Quercus imbricaria  |
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Shingle Oak |
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East-Central United States |
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Pyramidal when young, but developing a round
head with age, often with drooping lower lateral
branches. |
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50-60 feet tall with a similar or slightly
greater spread. |
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Plants are
monoecious. Male flowers are borne in
clustered, pendent catkins the females are
borne solitary, or in a few flowered spike in
the axils of the new leaves. |
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Leaves are alternate, simple, 2˝-6 inches
long, oblong or lanceolate with a bristle-like
tip and a wedge-shaped to rounded base, entire
and wavy margin, dark green above, pale green to
brownish beneath with a densely downy
pubescence. |
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Fall color is brown to russet-red, with the
leaves persisting throughout winter. |
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Fruit is an acorn, ˝ inch long, enclosed ⅓-˝ by the thin, bowl-shaped cap. |
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