Grows wild in damp places such as riverbanks and close to bogs. Height up to approx. 20 m. The greyish-brown scaly bark flakes off from old specimens in long plates. Young shoots are slightly hairy, later becoming bare and smooth. They are reddish-brown and have many lenticels. The leaves are 10 - 20 cm long and 4 - 10 cm wide. The upper part, approx. two-thirds of the length, has shallow lobes. The upper side is glossy green, the underside a remarkable greyish-green to greyish-white and covered in velvety hairs. If the autumn is warm and sunny the leaves turn orange-red. The acorns are one-fifth to one-third enclosed in a semi-circular cupule covered in small scales. Q. bicolor produces a great many epicormic branches that die off after a year and hang as dead wood in the tree for a long time.
Quercus bicolor môže dorastať do výšky 14 - 20 m v závislosti od podmienok stanovišťa a klímy.
Quercus bicolor rastie priemerne rastúci a môže dorastať do výšky 14 - 20 m v závislosti od podmienok stanovišťa a klímy.
Listy stromu Quercus bicolor sa na jeseň sfarbia do žltá, oranžová, červená."
Správny čas na výsadbu stromu je mimo vegetačné obdobie. V strednej Európe môže byť Quercus bicolor so zemným balom vysadený od polovice novembra do konca apríla, avšak závisí to veľmi od klimatických podmienok a druhu stromu.