The Turkey Oak is a member of the red oak group and similar to Southern Red Oak. The tree is short (25 feet) with a bole diameter of less than two feet. The trunk is bluish and somewhat furrowed. Leaves are five to ten inches long with three to five lobes, resembling turkey tracks. They are leathery on top and hairless underneath. The acorns are less than an inch long and broad with bowl-shaped caps which have fine gray hairs. The twigs are hairless and the buds are half-inch in length, pointy and with gray hairs.

The growing region is from Alabama to Carolina. 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.