large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having oblong-lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes

Quercus laevis ) The leaves of this relatively small tree are thick, rigid and heavily veined, bright yellow-green lustrous above and somewhat paler below. They are deeply divided into 3 or five lobes. Rarely there are seven lobes on a turkey oak leaf ( Figure 17 ). Lobes may be toothed and the tip is usually 3-toothed. The underside of the leaf may show tufts of rusty-red axillary hairs. Petioles are generally twisted, allowing the leaf to sit perpendicular to the ground, reducing surface area exposed to the drying sunlight of its sandhill habitat.