| Category: |
Tree |
| Class: |
Perennial |
| Bark: |
The bark is a light, ash-gray color, often developing a scaly or irregularly plated appearance with shallow fissures |
| Form: |
Broad, rounded crown and massive, wide spreading branches when grown in the open |
| Flower: |
grows as an upright shrub with a spreading, rounded crown |
| Bloom Color: |
Yellowish-green |
| Bloom Season: |
Spring |
| Fruit: |
Acorns mature in a single growing season and are about 1" long with a warty, bowl-shaped cap covering approximately a quarter of the nut |
| Foliage: |
4 – 8" long, with 7 to 9 rounded lobes and no bristle tips (a key distinction from the red oak group). The leaves are bright green above and paler below, turning showy shades of red, burgundy, or brown in the autumn |
| Height: |
50 ft. - 80 ft. |
| Spread: |
50 ft. - 80 ft. |
| Hardiness: |
Zones 3 to 9 |
| Light Requirements: |
Full sun |
| Water Usage: |
Moderately drought-tolerant once established |
| Soil Type: |
Moist, well-drained, acidic soil |
| Native Range: |
Eastern half of the United States, from southern Maine to northern Florida and west to Minnesota and Texas |
| Photographer: |
William Khoury |
| Latitude / Longitude: |
(32.48797416°N, -83.92386181°W) |
| Bed(s): |
TREES - 1 Plant; |