The Arkansas Oak is a subset member (with lobeless leaves) of the red oak group. The tree is tall (up to 80 feet) with a bole diameter of more than three feet. The trunk is dark with thick furrows. Leaves are are broad and three inches long and hairless. The acorns are small (less than an half-inch) with saucerlike caps. Twigs are hairy and have quarter-inch, pointy hairless buds.

The growing region is from Arkansas to Georgia. Oak is a hardwood providing a major portion of the annual lumber in the United States. Oak trees are generally slow-growing and long-lived and tend to be relatively resistant to diseases and insects. Tannin is a major produce from oak bark.