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Definition of Quercus nigra
1. Noun. Relatively tall deciduous water oak of southeastern United States often cultivated as a shade tree; thrives in wet soil.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quercus Nigra
Literary usage of Quercus nigra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1907)
"11 Quercus nigra is a species of very variable habitat and pretty wide distribution
in the southeastern states, and may associate in nature with either of ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Quercus nigra L. Sp. PI. 995. 1753. Quercus aquatica Walt. Fl. Car. 234. 1788.
A tree, with maximum height of about 80° and trunk diameter of 4°; bark gray, ..."
3. The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore by Ernest Thompson Seton (1921)
"(Quercus nigra) A middle-sized tree, rarely 80 feet high, found chiefly along
streams and swamps. Leaves i$ to 3 inches long; i to 3 lobed at the end. ..."
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