Fagaceae
Black oak
Quercus velutina
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- سنديان صبغي
- arz
- سنديان صبغى
- Chinese
- 北美黑橡, 美国绒毛栎, 美東黑橡, 黑橡木
- Czech
- Dub sametový
- Danish
- Farve-Eg
- English
- Black oak, Yellow-barked oak, Eastern black oak
- Finnish
- Mustatammi
- French
- Chêne quercitron, Quercitron
- Georgian
- Შავი მუხა
- German
- Färber-Eiche, Färbereiche, Quercitron, Quercitron-Eiche
- Hebrew
- אלון שחור
- Hungarian
- Festő tölgy
- Icelandic
- Floseik
- io
- Quercitrono
- Latvian
- Samtainais ozols
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fargeeik
- Persian
- بلوط سیاه شرقی
- Polish
- Dąb barwierski
- Russian
- Дуб бархатистый
- Spanish
- Roble negro del Este
- Swedish
- Färgek
- Ukrainian
- Дуб чорний
Synonyms
- 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 W.Bartram
- Quercus tinctoria Michx. ex Willd.
- 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.
- Quercus velutina f. pagodiformis Trel.
- Quercus velutina f. sinuosa (Michx.) Trel.
- Quercus velutina f. velutina
- Quercus velutina var. macrophylla (Dippel) Trel.
- Quercus velutina var. missouriensis Sarg.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Willow, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.