Key to the Trees of Wisconsin


62. The small lobes acute; acorns sessile (not clearly stalked); restricted to a few very dry, rocky sites near the Mississippi River in southwestern Wisconsin.

Quercus muhlenbergii
62. The small lobes generally blunt; acorns on peduncles often exceeding 3 cm in length; habitat often wet, more widespread in southern Wisconsin, north to Brown and Buffalo counties.

Quercus bicolor
 

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