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Quercus kelloggii (Californian black oak)

Other names: California black oak, Kellogg oak

Q. kelloggii is a rounded, deciduous tree with cracked, dark brown bark, elliptic, glossy, dark green leaves with bristle-tipped lobes. Leaves turn red, yellow, and orange in autumn as oblong to ovoid, green acorns ripen brown.
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15m max. spread

20m max. height

50-100 years to maturity

Quercus macrocarpa (Bur oak)

Other names: Burr oak, Mossy cup oak, Mossy-cupped white oak

Q. macrocarpa is a slow-growing, spreading, deciduous tree with ridged, dark brown bark and oblong to ovate, glossy, dark green leaves with deep, irregular lobes, white-hairy beneath. Catkins of insignificant, yellow-green flowers in spring are followed by ovoid acorns with large, fringed cups.
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10m max. spread

15m max. height

50-100 years to maturity

Quercus garryana (Oregon oak)

Other names: Oregon white oak, Garry oak

Q. garryana is a rounded, deciduous tree with cracked, pale grey bark, oblong to ovate, glossy, deeply lobed, dark green leaves and ovoid, edible acorns.
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10m max. spread

10m max. height

50-100 years to maturity

Quercus mongolica (Mongolian oak)

Q. mongolica is a spreading, deciduous tree with rough, black-brown bark and oblong to ovate, dark green leaves with rounded lobes. Catkins of insignificant, yellow-green or dull red flowers in late spring and early summer are followed by ovoid, pale brown acorns with scaly, thick caps.
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15m max. spread

20m max. height

50-100 years to maturity

Quercus wislizenii (Interior live oak)

Other names: Highland live oak, Sierra live oak, Quercus wislizeni

Q. wislizenii is a spreading, variable, borderline hardy, evergreen shrub or small tree with broadly elliptic to broadly lance-shaped, spiny-toothed or smooth, glossy, dark green leaves and oblong to ellipsoid, green acorns ripening brown.
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12m max. spread

20m max. height

50-100 years to maturity

Quercus prinus (Chestnut oak)

Other names: Rock oak, Basket oak, Rock chestnut oak, Tanbark oak, American white oak, American chestnut oak, White oak, Quercus pumila, Quercus montana

Q. prinus is a large, rounded to oval, deciduous tree with oblong to ovate, coarsely-toothed, glossy, dark green leaves and pendent clusters of yellow-green flower catkins in spring followed by ovoid, dark brown fruit.
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18m max. spread

18m max. height

50-100 years to maturity

Quercus falcata (Southern red oak)

Other names: American red oak, Red oak, Spanish oak, Swamp red oak

Q. falcata is a rounded to spreading, deciduous tree with fissured, grey-brown bark and variable, dark green leaves, white-hairy beneath, with three to nine curved, bristle-tipped lobes. Insignificant flowers in spring are followed by spherical acorns in autumn.
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12m max. spread

15m max. height

50-100 years to maturity

Lithocarpus edulis (Japanese stone oak)

Other names: Pasania edulis , Quercus edulis, Quercus glabra, Quercus laevigata, Japanese tanbark oak, Japanese false oak

L. edulis is a rounded to broadly spreading evergreen tree with oblong, veined, glossy, leathery, dark green leaves and erect spikes of pale yellow-green flowers in spring are followed by orange-brown acorns.
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8m max. spread

10m max. height

20-50 years to maturity

Quercus cerris 'Argenteovariegata' (Turkey oak 'Argenteovariegata' )

Other names: Variegated turky oak, Quercus cerris 'Variegata', Iron oak 'Argenteovariegata' , Bitter oak 'Argenteovariegata' , Mossy-cupped 'Argenteovariegata' , Wainscot oak 'Argenteovariegata' , Manna oak 'Argenteovariegata'

'Argenteovariegata' is a variable, fast-growing, spreading, deciduous tree with plated, dark grey bark and oblong to lance-shaped, deeply lobed or toothed, dark green leaves with pale yellow margins, pale green beneath, turning yellow-brown in autumn. Clusters or catkins of inconspicuous, yellow-green flowers in spring are followed by acorns with bristly cups.
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25m max. spread

30m max. height

20-50 years to maturity

Quercus palustris 'Green Pillar' (Pin oak 'Green Pillar')

Other names: Swamp oak 'Green Pillar', Quercus palustris 'Pringreen'

'Green Pillar' is an upright, narrowly columnar, deciduous tree with glossy, mid- to dark green leaves divided into five, bristle-tipped lobes, the entire leaf turning scarlet to deep red in autumn. Insignificant catkins of tiny, green flowers in spring are followed by ovoid, brown fruit.
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5m max. spread

20m max. height

50 years to maturity