Quercus similis is a deciduous tree up to 25 meters (82 feet) tall. It has a straight trunk. The bark is brown and flaky. The branches are gray, and between 2 and 3 millimeters (1⁄16 and 1⁄8 inch) in diameter. The leaves are between 8 and 12 centimeters (3 and 4+1⁄2 in) long and 5 to 8 cm (2 to 3 in) wide, more or less closely egg-shaped. The apex is acute or rounded, base shortly indicated. The leaf margins are flat with two or three pairs of shallow lobes apical half, shiny dark green on top but gray underneath between 3 and 5 pairs of veins. The petiole is between 3 and 10 mm long. The flowers appear in spring. The acorns are between 1.2 and 1.6 cm (1⁄2 and 5⁄8 in) long, oblong, and dark brown. It produces acorns one at a time or in groups of three.[5]
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^Kenny, L.; Wenzell, K.; Jerome, D. (2017). "Quercus similis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T194233A86599185. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T194233A86599185.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^"Quercus similis". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
^Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus similis". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
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