Type Color Lobes Habitat

Number Characteristics

White Bright, light green 5-7 ● Become wider as they ● Thrives in a variety
approach the tip of the of habitats
leaf ● Eastern and
● Indentations halfway to central North
the center America

Post Dark green 5 ● Wide and cross-like ● Dry, sandy areas

● Leathery texture ● Eastern and
central US

Bur Dark green 7+ ● Wide and flat-ended ● Non-forested

● Broadest in the middle areas and prairies
● Up to 1 ft long ● Atlantic coastal
plain and Great
Lakes region

Chestnut Dark yellow-green 7+ ● Wide on top, smaller near ● Rocky terrain

the base ● Eastern US
● Serrated edges

Common Light green 6-7 ● Indentations halfway to ● Slightly acidic soil

Red the center ● Eastern & central
● Pointed lobes may have US, southeast &
two smaller points on south central
either side Canada, small
areas in Western
Europe

Shumard Dark green 7+ ● Divide at the end into ● Lowland or swamp

bristle-tipped teeth areas
● Deep indentations ● Atlantic coastal
plain

Pin Vibrant fall colors 5-7 ● Thin leaves with deep ● Level soil with high
indentations clay content
● Multiple points at the end ● Eastern and
central North
America, Australia

Black Dark green 7+ ● Wider at the ends than at ● Cool or warm

the base moist soil
● Up to 12 inches long ● Eastern and
central North
America