 | Black Oak Tree. The mighty native Black Oak Tree (Quercus velutina) is very similar in appearance to the Red Oak but the main differences include the Black Oaks ability to thrive in poor and varied soils and having rounded lobed leaves more like White Oaks! The green leaves have a notably velvety underside! Black Oak produces a good crop of acorns that provide wildlife with food. It is sometimes called Yellow oak, Quercitron, Yellowbark Oak, or Smoothbark Oak, and this deciduous tree has deeply furrowed bark and... - Black Oak Tree. |