ID: A deciduous tree with grey fissured bark and recognisably lobed leaves. You can tell it from the pedunculate or English oak by the leaf stalk, which on a sessile oak is up to 2cm long.

Black oak (Quercus velutina) is a deciduous, medium-to-large oak tree is commonly found in the eastern half of the United States. A black oak tree can be identified by its bark and leaves.