Grid reference | ST 17408 77370 |
Common name | Black oak |
Common name | Yellowbark oak |
Common name | Quercitron oak |
Origin | East USA |
Deciduous | Yes |
Status | Rather rare |
Status | Glamorgan Champion 2023 |
Missing tag | 2923 |
Missing old tag | 454 |
Planted | 1992-3 |
Height | 12M October 2017 |
Girth | 96cm among branches, October 2017 |
Girth | 133cm among branches, February 2023 |
Reference | 537 |
This tree is towards the centre of the Blackweir woodland south, beside a muddy footpath.
A typical leaf was about 30cm long.
General tree description
Quercus velutina is a large tree, up to around 30 metres tall, usually with a narrow rather than spreading shape. It has grey bark, closely square-cracked, and with the yellow-orange underbark (the source of quercitron dye) visible through the cracks. The leaves are large - often 30cm in tength - dark, glossy green above and pale below, thick and leathery, on yellow stalks. They have variable numbers of deep, angular lobes terminating in a bristle. The autumn colour is a rich glossy brown. The acorns are up to 2cm long, half enclosed in a deep, hairy cup.