Fall color muted yellow to yellow-green or yellow-brown. Will grow in clay. More tolerant of city conditions than other oaks. Beautiful rugged look in winter. Flood, drought and alkaline soil OK.
The value of Bur Oak to wildlife is quite high. Skipper and Duskywing Caterpillars also feed on the leaves, not to mention the caterpillars of several hundred moth species. As with other Oaks, this insect buffet supports many insect-eating birds.
Dry to moist soil. Open, rounded crown to 50 feet. Can tolerate prolonged dry conditions once established. Fall color yellow to orange-brown to brown. Produces the smallest acorns of the oaks. Attractive foliage makes it a beautiful shade tree. Loves alkaline soil. To avoid being too repetitious here with the value of oaks, this species also supports numerous buttefly and moth larvae, insects, birds and small mammals.
Its acorns, branches, and even the cavities of declining specimens provide habitat. Moist to wet soil, will tolerate occasional shallow standing water and drier soil once established. Strongly pyramidal when young, open and spreading with age. Fall color russet, bronze, or red. One of the most dependable for all color, and a wonderful symmetric look in winter. Lower limbs cascade downward created a graceful shape. The usual myriad array of butterfly and moth larvae feed on Pin Oak.
And many insects which in turn support many birds. The acorns also feed birds and small mammals. The Pin Oak, when it is sited near bodies of water, provides nesting habitat for herons, egrets, and other wetland birds that nest in colonies on trees. Red Banded Hairstreak and Pin Oak. Moist to wet soil. Will tolerate occasional standing water and drier soil once established.
Narrow leaves make this oak the finest textured of the oaks. Fall color yellow to yellow -brown to russet red. The leaves are the narrowest of all the oaks, stay green until late fall and sometimes remain on the tree. Does best with acidic soil.
Yet again, butterfly, moth, and insect species too numerous to mention are supported by the Willow Oak. In turn, the insects support many birds. They are especially loved by squirrels and Blue Jays. Dry to moist well drained soil. Rounded dense crown to 70 feet. The most drought tolerant of the oaks, along with Bur and Scarlet.
Does well in dry, rocky soil. Moist to well drained soil. Rounded, dense crown, to 75 feet. Red oak grows about twice as fast as white oak, but are a bit less tolerant of soil moisture variations. Fast growing. It is a bit tolerant of shade and can grow under the canopy of older trees.
It thrives in full sun to partial sun, but is shade tolerant when young. White oak can be difficult to transplant, so move this tree only when it's small. Because white oaks live a long time, they can grow quite high, between 50 and 80 feet tall. As trees mature at around 20 years, a 10 year old oak tree size, then could be anywhere between 10 feet and 20 feet tall, but this varies. White oak is an important timber tree, producing prime hardwood lumber with a fine, almost watertight grain.
Its hard, heavy, tough wood is used for beams, railroad ties, flooring, barrels, furniture and other products. White oak wood can be used to make hardwood flooring in your home. Alternatively, people plant white oaks in yards and parks as a shade tree. Wildlife takes advantage of this giving tree, too, finding shelter in its ample branches and enjoying the abundant, sweet acorns the tree offers up in autumn.
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Use the right soil. If you are worried that your soil is poor, inoculate the planting site with a little soil and litter from under an established oak of the same species.
This introduces the mycorrhizae species that aid nutrient exchange in your oak. Create the right-size planting hole. The most common source of transplant mortality is from planting a tree below the root-line.
Many people dig a deep hole and back fill to the appropriate depth. But the loose soil in the bottom of the hole usually settles a few inches, just enough to sink your tree into the danger zone. Dig your hole no deeper than the root ball of your tree. If you like to dig, make your hole wide, but do not make it deep. Mulch the right way. You can mulch with oak leaves but do not build a volcano of mulch next to the trunk.
This may cause trunk rot. Get plant information, gardening solutions, design inspiration and more in our weekly newsletter. More about the newsletter. Copyright All Rights Reserved.
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