Michigan Trees: A Handbook of the Native and Most Important Introduced Species
d. Buds obtuse at the apex; trunk provided with pins or stubs
of dead branches near the ground; inner bark of trunk yellow; nut 1/2-3/4 inch long, inclosed for one-third to one-half of its length in a top-shaped cup; kernel of nut yellow. [2] _Q. ellipsoidalis_, p. 115.