The species is monoecious, with plants bearing both male catkins and solitary or clustered female flowers.

The male catkins are a food staple of ruffed grouse throughout the winter.

The flowers are produced in spring, with male catkins 5-10 cm long and female catkins 2-5 cm long.

The male sweet scented catkins are 5-10 cm long, and are borne on leafy branchlets.

The larvae feed on the leaves, buds and male catkins of Quercus species.

Yellow-brown male catkins appear with the leaves in Spring.

The sexual generation develops in spring in small conical galls that form on the male catkins of the Turkey Oak.

Its male catkins also have red anthers, which slowly turn soft yellow from pollen.

The flowers are catkins, the male catkins 5-20 cm long.

There are female catkins with one to three flowers and male catkins with numerous flowers.