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The Blackjack oak ('''''Quercus marilandica''''') is a small . The Acorn is very small, and, like other red oaks, takes 18 months to mature. The Blackjack oak grows in poor, thin, dry, rocky or sandy soils where few other woody plants can thrive. It does not have the beautiful form of many oaks, but is nonetheless a valuable tree for growing in problem sites. It is sometimes an understory tree in pine stands on sandy knolls in the southeastern US. Blackjack oak ranges from southern New York ( Long Island ) south to Georgia and northern Florida , and west to southern Iowa and south central Texas . In northern Texas, central Oklahoma, into Kansas, it forms the " Cross Timbers " forests with Post Oak . Uses The Wood is very dense, so much so that it will rapidly dull chainsaws. The density of the wood causes a very hot flame when burnt, making Blackjack oak wood the preferred Fuel for slow-cooked (Carolina style) Pork Barbecue s and a good heat source for wood-burning stoves but not desirable in wood fireplaces because the heat causes "popping", increasing the risk of external fires. Family get-togethers at Holiday time are preceded by all-night cooking of whole Hog s, basted with family recipe sauces, over coals of blackjack oak, which imparts its own flavor to the Meat . EXTERNAL LINKS
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