Quercus marilandica
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Quercus marilandica, Muench (Q. nigra, Wang. Q. ferruginea, Michx.). Black Jack. Jack Oak. Tree, to 30, sometimes to 50 ft., with short spreading branches forming a narrow, round-topped or often irregular head: lvs. obovate, 3-5-lobed at the broad apex, with broad, entire or sparingly toothed lobes, glabrous and dark green above, at length glabrous and yellowish green beneath, brownish tomentose at first: fr. short-stalked; acorn ovoid-oblong, 3/4in. high, embraced one-third to two-thirds by the turbinate cup. N.Y. to Fla., west to Neb. and Texas. S.S. 8:426, 427.—There are hybrids with Q. ilicifolia, Q. Phellos, and Q. imbricaria. Handsome tree, with large glossy foliage; hardy N. Better known as Q. nigra, but this name really belongs to the preceding species.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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