Flower Notes:
Red;green (Female flowers appear in single spikes in the spring; not ornamentally important;male flowers borne in naked catkins (2-4" long) in the spring; not ornamentally important)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Summer); Yellow (Orange-yellow to yellow-brown fall color, occasionally with a hint of red)
Stem Notes:
stout, glabrous, somewhat angled
Fruit Notes:
Brown (Rich dark brown acorns in September to October)
Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to a range of soil types, including poor dry soils; dislikes poor drainage
Range:
Appalachian region of the United States
Diagnostic Characteristics:
The leaf width is greatest in the middle; the upper leaf surface is glabrous, the lower surface may be pubescent. Leaves have 10-14 regular, rounded teeth. Buds are red-brown, imbricate, and covered in a fine pubescence. Fruit is a 1-1.3" acorn that occurs singly or in pairs; it is sweet tasting and particularly relished by wildlife. The corky bark is deeply ridged, brown to black, and where it separates, a bright orange color is present. Compared to Q. muehlenbergii, the leaf margins of Q. montana have much more rounded teeth, and the bark is much darker brown to black.
Indiana Native 
