Quercus velutinaLam.

black oak

WFO wfo-0000293830 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Quercus velutina, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. a Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / 2022-06-04 / obs. 203467726
Quercus velutina, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. b Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 201721348
Quercus velutina, photographed by Gus
fig. c Gus, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 205325214
Quercus velutina, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. d Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 203490057
Quercus velutina, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. e Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 201051995
Quercus velutina, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. f Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 203490534
Quercus velutina, photographed by Jeff Clark
fig. g Jeff Clark, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200372453
Quercus velutina, photographed by Bill Sheehan
fig. h Bill Sheehan, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 203593543

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Confused withby our own model

These are not lookalikes we guessed at. Each one is a species our identification model genuinely mistook for this plant, and how many times. The error rate is published.

Also published as 29 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Quercus coccinea var. nigrescens A.DC.
  • Quercus coccinea var. tinctoria (W.Bartram ex Michx.) A.DC.
  • Quercus discolor Aiton
  • Quercus leiodermis Ashe
  • Quercus magnifica Dippel ex Dippel
  • Quercus missouriensis Ashe
  • Quercus rubra var. tinctoria (W.Bartram ex Michx.) Kuntze
  • Quercus tinctoria Michx. ex Willd.
  • Quercus tinctoria W.Bartram
  • Quercus tinctoria f. magnifica Dippel
  • Quercus tinctoria var. angulosa Michx.
  • Quercus tinctoria var. macrophylla (Née) Dippel
  • Quercus tinctoria var. magnifica Dippel
  • Quercus tinctoria var. nobilis Dippel
  • Quercus tinctoria var. pseudoxalapensis Ettingsh. & Krašan
  • Quercus tinctoria var. sinuosa Michx.
  • Quercus valentina Lam. ex Steud.
  • Quercus velutina f. angulosa (Michx.) Trel.
  • Quercus velutina f. dilaniata Trel.
  • Quercus velutina f. macrophylla Trel.
  • Quercus velutina f. magnifica (Dippel) Trel.
  • Quercus velutina f. missouriensis (Ashe) Trel.
  • Quercus velutina f. nobilis (Dippel) Trel.
  • Quercus velutina f. obovata Trel.

and 5 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.