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Quercus mongolica subsp. crispula (Mongolian oak)

Other names: Quercus mongolica var. grosseserrata

Q. mongolica subsp. crispula is a spreading, deciduous tree with rough, black-brown bark and narrowly oblong to narrowly 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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16.5m max. spread

18m max. height

50-100 years to maturity

Quercus incana (Bluejack oak )

Other names: Upland willow oak, Sandjack oak, Cinnamon oak, Quercus cinerea, Shin oak, Quercus phellos var. latifolia

Q. incana is a thicket-forming, deciduous shrub or tree with an irregular crown and narrowly ovate to narrowly elliptic, blue-green leaves, grey-green beneath. Yellow-green male catkins and female catkins in spring are followed by spherical, brown acorns taking two years to mature.
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10.5m max. spread

12m max. height

50-100 years to maturity

Quercus chapmanii (Chapman's oak)

Other names: Quercus obtusiloba var. parvifolia

Q. chapmanii is a variable, upright, deciduous to semi-evergreen shrub or small tree with oblong to obovate, unlobed or shallowly lobed, glossy, dark green leaves, paler beneath, and yellow, male flower catkins in late winter and early spring followed by ovoid, green acorns turning brown when mature.
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5m max. spread

9m max. height

20-50 years to maturity

Quercus chrysolepis (Canyon oak)

Other names: Maul oak, Golden cup oak, Canyon live oak, Californian live oak

Q. chrysolepis is a spreading, evergreen tree or shrub with scaly, whitish-grey or red-flushed bark, ovate to elliptic, spiny-toothed, leathery, glossy, mid- to dark green leaves, grey- or yellow-hairy beneath, and oblong to ovoid, sharp-tipped acorns in felted cups.
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10m 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 bicolor (Swamp white oak)

Q. bicolor is a spreading, deciduous tree with peeling, fissured, grey-brown bark and oblong to ovate, shallowly lobed, glossy, dark green leaves, white-hairy beneath when young and yellow in autumn. Oblong to ovoid acorns are enclosed by one-third in rounded caps with hairy scales.
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15m max. spread

20m max. height

20-50 Years to maturity

Quercus acutissima (Sawtooth oak)

Other names: Sawthorn oak, Japanese silkworm oak

Q. acutissima is a rounded, deciduous tree with fissured, corky, grey to black bark and ovate to lance-shaped, glossy, mid-green leaves with bristle-tipped teeth. Ovoid acorns are borne in cups covered with long, slender, hairy scales.
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20m max. spread

20m max. height

20-50 Years to maturity

Quercus suber (Cork oak)

Other names: Cork tree

Q. suber is a half-hardy, rounded, evergreen tree with thick, ridged, corky bark and ovate to oblong, toothed, rigid, glossy, dark green leaves, grey-hairy beneath. Small catkins of insignificant yellow-green flowers in spring are followed by ovoid to oblong acorns.
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20m max. spread

20m max. height

20-50 Years to maturity

Quercus rubra (Red oak)

Other names: American red oak

Q. rubra is a large, broad, deciduous tree with deep green leaves in summer and red autumn colour. It has red-brown fruits called acorns.
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20m max. spread

25m max. height

20-50 Years to maturity

Quercus phellos (Willow oak)

Q. phellos is a large deciduous tree forming a dense oblong crown of simple long leaves and inconspicuous yellow-green catkins in spring followed by small acorns.
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12m max. spread

15m max. height

20-50 Years to maturity