Leaf: Alternate, simple, obovate, 3 to 7 inches long, margin with large irregular blunt teeth, 2 to 4 1/2 inches wide, dark green and shiny above, very pale or white below, brown fall color. 

Twigs: flaky or scaly, hairless, end buds are chestnut brown, small, blunt

Flower: Monoecious; male flowers are yellow-green long catkins (2 to 4 inches long); females are green to red, very small in leaf axils; appearing in mid-spring with the leaves.

Fruit: Acorn, 1 inch long, tan, borne singly or double on a long stalk (2 inches), bowl-shaped cap covers about 1/3 of nut.

Bark: light gray, flaky or scaly

Growth habit: 60-80' height, 40-50 crown spread, can tolerate many types of soils and growing conditions.