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 |
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20m max. height |
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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 |
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20m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
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 |
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25m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
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 |
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20m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Other names: Iron oak, Bitter oak, Manna oak, Mossy-cupped oak, Wainscot oak
Q. cerris 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, 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 |
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30m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Other names: Durmast oak, Quercus sessiliflora, Cornish oak
Q. petraea is a large, broad, rounded to spreading, deciduous tree with ridged, grey bark and yellow-stalked, leathery, ovate or oblong, lobed, dark green leaves turning orange-brown in autumn. Insignificant dull yellow flowers in spring are followed by stalkless, oblong to ovoid, brown acorns, borne singly or in clusters in autumn.
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20m max. spread |
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30m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Quercus coccinea (Scarlet oak)
Q. coccinea is a rounded, deciduous tree with plated, pale grey-brown bark and glossy, elliptic, deeply lobed, mid-green leaves with bristle-tipped teeth and turning bright red in autumn. Rounded acorns are half-covered in a bowl-shaped cap.
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15m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
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 |
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20m max. height |
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20-50 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 |
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25m max. height |
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50-100 years to maturity |
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 |
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15m max. height |
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50-100 years to maturity |
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