Keep Indianapolis Beautiful - Youth Tree Team Project

1. SHILIA GILES and JANAYLA COLLINS

2.  Quercua imbricaria, is also known as Shingle
Oak and Northern Laurel Oak
 Can be found in a variety of soil types and
environmental conditions
 It’s flowers, both male and female are found
on the same tree
 Only oak native to Indiana
 It’s a Native North American plant

3.  Height 40 to 60 feet
 Width 40 to 60 feet
 Smooth and round
 Very dense with a slow growth rate

6.  101 Trees of Indiana
 Forest Service:
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/database/document
s/pdf/tree_fact_sheets/queimba.pdf
 Trees of Missouri:
http://www2.sluh.org/bioweb/nh/leaf.php?i
d=38