Leaves: Simple, alternate, obovate (inversely ovate), 4 to 10" long and about half as wide. Lower portion of leaf with 2 or 3 pairs of lobes and the upper portion with 5-7 ovate, somewhat rounded lobes, dark green and lustrous above. Leaf fiddle-like in shape. The fruit is a nut enclosed at least halfway in a cap with a distinctive fringe on the margin.

LOCATION

Owner: Lois Shackelford
Nominated by: Lois Shackelford (May 2006)
Accessible: Yes. Front yard 320 S. Church St. Athens, GA
Coordinates: State Plane
GA West NAD83 (feet)
E: 2,533,693 N: 1,438,731


Notes: A large sized tree generally considered unsuitable in a home landscape situation. Best suited to large area with room to grow. It is a versatile tree adapting to a wide variety of soil conditions, from sandy uplands to boggy wetlands. Best suited in upland sites with limestone soils, but fares better than most oaks in heavy clay soils as found in the Georgia piedmont.

Bark: Thick, rough bark, dark gray to gray-brown in color, with deep furrows.

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