The trunk is dark and broken into rectangular blocks. Leaves are two to four inches long. They are shiny on top and gray, hairy underneath with rolled edges. The acorns are dark, one-half inch long and narrow with bowl shaped caps. They grow on one-inch stalks.
Twigs are hairless and have blunt hairless buds.
The growing region is only Texas to Virginia. Oak is a hardwood providing a major portion of the annual lumber in the United States. Tannin is a major produce from oak bark.