The Georgia Oak is a member of the red oak group. The tree is small (20 feet) with a bole diameter of less than a foot. The trunk has light brown bark. Leaves are less than five inches long and are glossy on top and hairless underneath. The acorns are less than an half-inch long with short saucer-shaped caps. The twigs are hairless and have buds which are small, blunt and hairless.

The growing region is only Alabama and 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.