Quercus stellata Wangenh

Soon, this is what the "Post Oak" will look like while walking through the forest. Wintertime creates different expertise in recognizing trees. Sometimes the best way to discern them is to examine their twigs.

Height of 30 to 70 feet, the diameter of the trunk 1 to 2 feet, is adapted to sandy, moist loamy soils of flood planes along streams, gravel and rocky ridges. 

The Post Oak is found among other forest species or often stands alone as a forest species. The wood is marketed as White Oak and used for railroad crossties, posts and construction timbers.

It ranges from coastal Massachusetts, to New York all the way to Florida. The tree is also found as far west as Northwest Texas to Southeast Iowa.

I think the tree has character.