The Water Oak is a southeastern tree with hairless leaves that are wedge-shaped and broadest near the tip. The top of the tree is round in shape. The twigs are hairless, and the acorns have a flat cone, and are saucer-shaped in appearance. The tree is very fast growing, reaching heights of 50 and 75 feet, and starts to produce acorns before its 10^th year. The trunk is dark and smooth and is found in lowlands and along small streams, on the margins of swamps, on bottomlands, and on the deep soils of moist upland sites from southern New Jersey, south to central Florida, and west to east Texas in the United States. This tree is very popular in the south and is used for shade and as a street tree. It does have moderate water requirements as well as a moderate tolerance to salt and alkali soils. It is also known to be a very good wildlife tree.