Quercus prinoides (Dwarf chinkapin oak)
Other names: Dwarf chinquapin oak, Dwarf chestnut oak, Scrub chestnut oak
Q. prinoides is a spreading, deciduous shrub or small tree with leathery, oblong to lance-shaped, toothed or shallowly lobed, glossy, dark green leaves, pale green beneath. Solitary or paired, oblong to ovoid, green acorns, with a cup enclosing about half, ripen dark brown in autumn.
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6m max. spread |
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6m max. height |
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50-100 years to maturity |
Quercus coccifera (Kermes oak)
Q. coccifera is a slow-growing, bushy, rounded to spreading, evergreen shrub or small tree with ovate, oblong, or lance-shaped, glossy, dark green leaves with spiny, margins and insignificant, yellow-green flowers in spring. Female flowers are followed small, spherical or ovoid acorns with spiny cups.
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5m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Quercus pontica (Armenian oak)
Other names: Pontine oak
Q. pontica is a rounded, deciduous shrub or small tree with obovate to broadly elliptic, veined, toothed, bright green leaves turning yellow and brown in autumn. Male, yellow-green flower catkins bloom in spring. Inconspicuous female flowers are followed by ovoid, brown acorns.
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5m max. spread |
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6m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Quercus palustris 'Green Dwarf' (Pin oak 'Green Dwarf')
Other names: Swamp oak 'Green Dwarf'
'Green Dwarf' is a compact, deciduous tree forming a dense, rounded crown, usually grafted onto a single, upright trunk, with elliptic, glossy, deeply lobed, mid- to dark green leaves turning scarlet to reddish-brown in autumn. Insignificant catkins of tiny, green flowers in spring are followed by ovoid, brown fruit.
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2.5m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
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