What Is Blackjack Oak
What Is The Range Of The Tree Blackjack Oak
Blackjack Oak The blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica) is also known as the Jack oak, black oak, and barren oak. A small deciduous tree that grows 20 to 30 feet (maximum 90 feet) with a trunk diameter of 1 foot or less. It is similar to the post oak which also grows with blackjack oak, but the leaf lobes are more pronounced and not bristle-tipped. Blackjack oak shares dominance with bluejack oak and sand post oak (Q. Margaretta) on the slightly more mesic midslopes of sandhills, downslope from the xeric ridges that support turkey oak (Q. The Pine Plains of New Jersey are characterized by a community of dwarfed blackjack oak, bear oak, and pitch pine (Pinus rigida). The blackjack is a small, gnarly tree usually under 35 feet tall with a round crown and leathery, three-lobed leaves. It is a member of the red oak tribe and has the characteristic leaf spine at the end of each lobe. The leaves hang on the tree through the winter to be pushed off by new leaves the following spring.
What Does Blackjack Oak Look Like
Name | Habitat | Leaf | Leaf margin / lower surface | Acorn | Twig / buds | Bark |
| wide variety of habitats | |||||
| wetlands | |||||
| dry slopes | |||||
| often on dry slopes and ridges. but also in mesic sites | |||||
| mesic sites, moist slopes | |||||
| streambanks, marshy or wet bottomlands | |||||
| streambanks and bottomlands | |||||
| dry ridges | |||||
| wetlands | |||||
| dry ridges and slopes | |||||
| limestone soils | |||||
| streambanks and lowlands | |||||
| moist slopes and bottomlands | |||||
| wetlands | |||||
| streambanks and poorly drained soils | |||||
| wide variety of habitats | |||||
| streambanks and bottoms | |||||
| very dry ridges | |||||
| wide variety of habitats |