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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

6m 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 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