Blackjack Oak Tree Definition
Blackjack oak is a small to medium-sized tree with a rounded, irregular crown; distinctive bark; and a tendency to retain dead branches on the middle to lower part of the trunk. It is well limbed along the entire length of the trunk. Leaves are distinctively wedge- or bell-shaped; alternate, simple, bristle-tipped, leathery, and shallowly 3-lobed. Quercus marilandica, Blackjack Oak, is a deciduous tree with. Yellowish green foliage, which turns brown in winter and may. Persist for some time over the winter months. August, Tarrant Co. Texas, Veterans Park ©2012 TreesForMe Original Image. See usage requirements. Definition of blackjack oak in the Definitions.net dictionary. Meaning of blackjack oak. Blackjack oak Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the. / 0 votes) Rate this definition: blackjack oak, blackjack, jack oak, Quercus marilandica (noun) a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States.
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| Noun | 1. | oak tree - a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; 'great oaks grow from little acorns' acorn - fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base oak - the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring white oak - any of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leaf European turkey oak, Quercus cerris, turkey oak - large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes Quercus coccinea, scarlet oak - medium-large deciduous tree with a thick trunk found in the eastern United States and southern Canada and having close-grained wood and deeply seven-lobed leaves turning scarlet in autumn northern pin oak, Quercus ellipsoidalis, jack oak - small to medium deciduous oak of east central North America; leaves have sharply pointed lobes red oak - any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles evergreen oak, holly-leaved oak, holm tree, Quercus ilex, holm oak - evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood Quercus imbricaria, shingle oak, laurel oak - small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having leaves that shine like laurel; wood is used in western states for shingles bluejack oak, Quercus incana, turkey oak - small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point California black oak, Quercus kelloggii - large deciduous tree of the Pacific coast having deeply parted bristle-tipped leaves American turkey oak, Quercus laevis, turkey oak - small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes laurel oak, Quercus laurifolia, pin oak - large nearly semi-evergreen oak of southeastern United States; thrives in damp soil overcup oak, Quercus lyrata - medium-large deciduous timber tree of central and southern United States; acorns deeply immersed in the cup and mature in first year scrub oak - any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets Japanese oak, Quercus grosseserrata, Quercus mongolica - oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan chestnut oak - an oak having leaves resembling those of chestnut trees possum oak, Quercus nigra, water oak - relatively tall deciduous water oak of southeastern United States often cultivated as a shade tree; thrives in wet soil Nuttall oak, Nuttall's oak, Quercus nuttalli - similar to the pin oak; grows in damp sites in Mississippi River basin pin oak, Quercus palustris, swamp oak - fast-growing medium to large pyramidal deciduous tree of northeastern United States and southeastern Canada having deeply pinnatifid leaves that turn bright red in autumn; thrives in damp soil Quercus phellos, willow oak - medium to large deciduous oak of the eastern United States having long lanceolate leaves and soft strong wood box white oak, brash oak, iron oak, post oak, Quercus stellata - small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts cork oak, Quercus suber - medium-sized evergreen oak of southern Europe and northern Africa having thick corky bark that is periodically stripped to yield commercial cork Quercus texana, Spanish oak - small deciduous tree having the trunk branched almost from the base with spreading branches; Texas and southern Oklahoma Chinese cork oak, Quercus variabilis - medium to large deciduous tree of China, Japan, and Korea having thick corky bark black oak, quercitron oak, Quercus velutina, yellow oak, quercitron - medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms |
In post oak savanna, associated tree species include blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica), black hickory (Carya texana), mesquite (Prosopis spp.), Texas live oak (Q. Fusiformis), post oak, and sand post oak. Associated herb layer species include sand lovegrass (Eragrostis trichodes) and threeawn (Aristida spp.). Post Oak-Blackjack Forest In the center of the state towering trees bow out to the cross-timbers-dense, gnarled patches of drought-resistant post and blackjack oaks. In 1832, Washington Irving called them 'forests of cast iron.' Later, cowboys driving herds along the Chisholm and Shawnee trails gave this forest its existing name.
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