Quercus nigra
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Top Photo Courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Quercus nigra |
| Common name: | water oak |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 50 - 80' |
| Leaves: | spatula shaped, simple, alternate leaves, often persisting into
winter, with a shalllow saucer cup that encloses only the base of the
acorn. Rusty hairs along the veins of the underside of the leaves. |
| Flowering time: | bloom mid-March to April. Fruit matures September to November |
| Habitat: | wet or moist ground of floodplains, sometimes uplands |
| Range in New Jersey: | local in Cumberland and Cape May counties |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | S1, Endangered, LP, HL |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | Q. nigra is at the northern limit of its range and is a member of the red oak family. |