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From pioneer
days to today, the wood from this handsome ornamental shade
tree has been used for manufacturing roof shingles. It
is also an excellent choice for hedges, screens, and windbreaks.
In the Pittsburgh area these oaks are often infected with a
golf ball size gall on the twigs and branches caused by an
insect. It is called gouty oak gall.
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| Height: 50’-60’ with
a symmetrical, rounded crown. |
| Leaves: 3”-6” long,
3/4”-2” wide. Alternate, simple. Lustrous dark green
above, midvein yellow, light gray-green beneath with short hairs,
turning yellow or reddish-brown in fall. |
| Habitat: In
moist soils along streams and uplands, often scattered with other
types of oaks, from Pennsylvania, to North Carolina,
west to Arkansas, and north to Iowa and Michigan. |
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