#385 most planted
Quercus velutina
Black oak · also Eastern black oak, Yellow oak, Quercitron oak
2,762
trees mapped
0.03%
of all named trees
15
cities
20 in
median trunk (51 cm, 2,715 measured)
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Quercus velutina, also known as black oak, is named for the yellow pigment found in its inner bark. It is a widespread oak species native to eastern and central North America.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1,2480.17%—10 in
- 9430.14%—30 in
- 2500.21%11 yr39 in
- 1450.19%3.8 yr2.4 in
- 610.03%—28 in
- 570.08%—4.7 in
- 240.01%—18 in
- 100.00%—21 in
- 80.00%14 yr—
- 70.01%—1.2 in
- 20.00%—13 in
- 20.00%—2.0 in
- 20.00%——
- 20.02%—3.0 in
- 10.00%—12 in
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- East Central Texas forests
- Eastern Canadian Forest-Boreal transition
- Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests
- Mississippi lowland forests
Other Quercus in the catalogue
74 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
