Quercus hemisphaerica Bartram

• Very short petiole.
• Leaf bases more U-shaped.
• Saplings and resprouts can have cordate leaf bases and very sharply lobed leaves.
• Lower leaf surface is glabrous
• Secondary veins raised on upper surface
• Leaves leathery and opaque
• Evergreen, maybe tardily deciduous at times (not sure about this)

As compared to Q. laurifolia:

• Leaves on average narrower and widest towards the tip
• Flowers about 2 weeks later