Stems:
Twigs brown or reddish brown.
Leaves:
petiole about 1/2 inch long. Blade oval, to 3 inches, with 4-6 deep
lobes. Lobes without spines. Evergreen.
Flowers:
Blooms
mid-late spring. Staminate inflorescences: catkins, slender, flowers
many. Pistillate inflorescence among upper leaves. Staminate and
pistillate flowers minute; no petals.
Seeds:
Acorn, solitary or paired. Cap deeply cup-shaped, enclosing up to half
of the acorn. Acorn green, aging to brown in 1 year. |