Oaks

..... entire or merely sinuate toothed or lobed, never bristle-tipped; lobes or teeth rounded to acute; ..... lobes of the lvs bristle-tipped
..... ..... lvs distinclty lobed lvs coarsely toothed .....
1) lvs beneath, not hairy ..... ..... ..... .....
end buds not hairy ..... white oak (1.alba = white) upland woods

water oak (18.nigra = black) damp or wet soil

 swamp white oak (6.bicolor - two-colored) flood-plains

chinquapin oak (10.prinoides = like Q prinus) dry, rocky slopes & barrens

 northern red oak (25.rubra = red)

pin oak (26.palustris = of marhses) branches droop flooded places
end buds hairy ..... water oak (18.nigra = black) damp or wet soil ..... scarlet oak (29.coccinea = scarlet) dry upland soil
1) lvs beneath, hairy: ..... ..... ..... .....
ends buds not hairy willow oak (15.phellos - Gk for the cork oak) swamps & moist soil ..... swamp chestnut oak (7.michauxii) low or wet soil, esp. flood plain

rock chestnut oak (8.prinus = Gk name) dry or moist, upland or rocky woods, chiefly n Appalachian mtns.

yellow oak (9.muehlenbergii) calcareous soils

 bear oak (20.ilicifolia = holly-lvd) rocky, sandy or sterile soil

black-=jack oak (19.marilandica = of Maryland) deeply checked bark; lvs brownish-green beneath; 3-lobed; dry or sterile, esp. sandy soil
end buds hairy ..... post oak (2.stellata = with star-shaped hairs) dry upland woods & barrens

bur oak (5.macrocarpa = large fruited) moist woods & alluvial flood plains

 ..... southern red oak (22.falcata = falcate0 dry or sandy soil

black oak (24.velutina = velvety, the buds) dry or sterile, upland soil & on dunes