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Post oak leaf with "Maltese cross" form

Post oak (Quercus stellata):  Note the "Maltese cross" form of the distinctive post oak leaf.  Both the post oak and the blackjack oak form the "Cross Timbers" in Texas and Oklahoma.  This  area  comprises the border where trees transition to prairie grassland.
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