Quercus velutina Lam.

Tree to 40 m, with very dark, rough bark, the inner bark yellow or orange; lvs glossy, shallowly or deeply lobed, pubescent in the vein-axils beneath, otherwise glabrous or persistently and loosely stellate over the lower surface and along the midvein above, the petioles and twigs of the season commonly thinly hairy; buds 4-angled, densely pubescent, 7–10 mm; acorns 1.5–2 cm, the cup turbinate, covering half the nut, wholly hairy inside, the scales relatively few and large, pubescent, the uppermost loose, prominently projecting and forming a marginal fringe. Usually in dry or sterile upland soil and on dunes; s. Me. to Mich. and se. Minn., s. to Fla. and Tex.

It is a temperate plant. It is native to eastern North America. It grows on dry sandy soils. It also grows on steep slopes with heavy soils. It is intolerant of shade. It suits hardiness zones 3-9. Arboretum Tasmania.

The acorns are used to make flour.

Can be grown by graftings or seedlings.