Blackjack oak
NativeQuercus marilandica
Beech (Fagaceae) · Oak · 20–40 ft
Knowing it
Small, scrubby, with thick leathery club-shaped leaves and black blocky bark. Dry rocky glades and ridges of the Ozarks.
What a tree company sees
Dense wood; dead limbs hang on. Rarely a structural threat because of its size.
Recorded in 73 counties
- Adair County
- Barry County
- Barton County
- Benton County
- Bollinger County
- Boone County
- Butler County
- Callaway County
- Camden County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Carroll County
- Carter County
- Cedar County
- Chariton County
- Christian County
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Crawford County
- Dade County
- Dallas County
- Dent County
- Douglas County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Henry County
- Hickory County
- Howell County
- Iron County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Laclede County
- Lawrence County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Linn County
- Madison County
- McDonald County
- Miller County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Newton County
- Oregon County
- Ozark County
- Perry County
- Phelps County
- Polk County
- Pulaski County
- Ralls County
- Randolph County
- Reynolds County
- Ripley County
- Saline County
- Scott County
- Shannon County
- Shelby County
- St. Charles County
- St. Clair County
- St. Francois County
- St. Louis County
- Ste. Genevieve County
- Stoddard County
- Stone County
- Sullivan County
- Taney County
- Texas County
- Vernon County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Webster County
- Wright County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.