sand post oak Fagaceae Quercus margaretta
Leaf:Alternate, simple, 4 to 6 inches long, 3 to 5 lobed (irregular), lobes are rounded and middle pair somewhat square (similar to Quercus stellata, post oak), thick texture, shiny green above, downy and pale below.
Flower:Species is monoecious; male flowers are light green slender catkins, 2 to 3 inches long; females are very small, reddish and appear as short spikes, appearing with the leaves.
Fruit:Acorns, 1/2 inch long, light brown, bowl shaped cap has thin scales and covers 1/3 to 1/2 of acorn, mature in one year, ripen in fall.
Twig:Moderate, gray and glabrous to sparsely tomentose, multiple terminal buds are larger than post oak.
Bark:Gray to gray-brown, scaly initially and later developing vertical ridges and becoming darker.
Form:A small tree up to 50 feet with a broad crown and twisted branches.
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