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Plants
A dry-ridge oak with blocky dark bark and bright orange inner bark under a knife nick.
Field facts
HabitatDry ridges, sand country, oak barrens
RangeStatewide, common in the south and northwest sand
When to lookAcorns September to November
StatusSecure (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesNorthern Red Oak, Scarlet Oak
Field note: Its yellow inner bark once produced a dye called quercitron.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
Nick bark only where a naturalist demonstrates; wounds invite disease.
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