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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 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 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 palustris (Pin oak)

Other names: Swamp Spanish oak

Q. palustris is a large, vigorous, broadly conical, deciduous tree with pendent lower branches, elliptic, glossy, deeply lobed, mid-green leaves turning scarlet to reddish-brown in autumn. Inconspicuous flowers in spring are followed by spherical, brown fruit in autumn.
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12m max. spread

20m max. height

20-50 years to maturity

Quercus pubescens (Downy oak)

Other names: Truffle oak, Nepal oak

Q. pubescens is a spreading, deciduous tree with deeply grooved, grey to black bark and densely hairy shoots bearing oblong to ovate, grey-green leaves, hairy beneath, with rounded lobes ending in pointed teeth. Clusters or catkins of insignificant flowers in spring are followed by ovoid acorns with scaly cups.
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15m max. spread

20m max. height

20-50 years to maturity

Quercus virginiana (Southern live oak)

Other names: Virginia live oak, Bay live oak, Scrub live oak, Plateau oak, Plateau live oak, Escarpment live oak, Encino, Coastal live oak

Q. virginiana is a tender, variable, spreading, semi-evergreen tree with stiff, leathery, glossy, elliptic to narrowly ovate, dark green leaves and catkins of green flowers followed by small, oblong, glossy, dark brown fruit.
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25m max. spread

20m max. height

50-100 years to maturity

Quercus alba (American white oak)

Other names: White oak

Q. alba is a spreading, deciduous tree with exfoliating, pale grey to brown bark and oblong or elliptic, deeply lobed, dark green leaves, pink-flushed when young and turning reddish-purple in autumn. Insignificant flowers are followed by oblong to ovoid acorns.
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25m max. spread

25m max. height

50-100 years to maturity

Quercus lobata (Valley oak)

Other names: Sacramento white oak, Californian oak, California white oak, Roble

Q. lobata is a spreading, deciduous tree with deeply furrowed, grey to brown bark, oblong to ovate, velvety, dark green leaves divided into eleven rounded lobes, and ovoid, sweet, edible, dark brown acorns.
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15m max. spread

25m 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 robur (Common oak)

Other names: Pedunculate oak, Polish oak, Slavonian oak, English oak, Black oak, French oak

Q. robur is a large deciduous tree forming a broad crown of rounded leaves which turn reddish-brown in autumn and inconspicuous yellow-green catkins in spring followed by characteristic acorns.
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12m max. spread

15m max. height

20-50 years to maturity