Comparison of Features of Oaks (Quercus spp.)

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Name	Habitat	Leaf	Leaf margin / lower surface	Acorn	Twig / buds	Bark
Quercus alba   white oak	wide variety of habitats
Quercus bicolor   swamp white oak	wetlands
Quercus coccinea   scarlet oak	dry slopes
Quercus falcata   southern red oak	often on dry slopes and ridges. but also in mesic sites
Quercus imbricaria shingle oak	mesic sites, moist slopes
Quercus lyrata overcup oak	streambanks, marshy or wet bottomlands
Quercus macrocarpa   bur oak	streambanks and bottomlands
Quercus marilandica   blackjack oak	dry ridges
Quercus michauxii   swamp chestnut oak	wetlands
Quercus montana   chestnut oak	dry ridges and slopes
Quercus muehlenbergii   chinkapin oak)	limestone soils
Quercus nigra   water oak	streambanks and lowlands
Quercus pagoda   cherrybark oak	moist slopes and bottomlands
Quercus palustris   pin oak	wetlands
Quercus phellos   willow oak	streambanks and poorly drained soils
Quercus rubra   northern red oak	wide variety of habitats
Quercus shumardii   Shumard's oak	streambanks and bottoms
Quercus stellata   post oak	very dry ridges
Quercus velutina   black oak	wide variety of habitats