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(Shumard Red Oak)

A superior shade tree, the shumard red oak develops a beautiful rounded canopy with time. This deciduous tree is native to much of the southeastern and south-central United States and southernmost Ontario and primarily inhabits the Atlantic coastal plain along the eastern seaboard. It tends to be found on terraces in southern forested regions where soils are rich, moist and loamy. When young, the tree has a pyramidal habit that eventually becomes beautifully rounded. Its broad, tall trunk has shallowly...

(Post Oak)

Wonderfully adaptable to many growing conditions, post oak also brings leathery glossy dark green foliage that is striking, acorns, and fall color of a golden orange-brown. This intimidating and statuesque deciduous tree often has gnarled or twisted branches in windier locales. It is native to the southeastern quarter of the United States on dry, gravelly or sandy soils. Ashy gray and platy, its bark later becomes ridged and blocky.

The large, glossy deep green leaves are nearly majestic in shape,...

(Cork Oak)

The handsome branches of the cork oak carry classic dark green leaves with gray undersides, but this tree's universal fame comes from its soft, decorative and useful bark. This large deciduous tree naturally grows in along the western Mediterranean in southwestern Europe and northern Africa and is one of the best oaks for desert regions. Its thick corky bark is gnarly furrowed and colored dark brown, tan, gray and orange-beige. It is the tradition source for the neck stops of wine bottles.

The...

(Spanish Oak, Texas Red Oak)

The heat and drought tolerant Texas red oak has very interesting leaves that turn rich red in late fall, and beautiful light-colored bark. A deciduous and often multi-trunked tree with a round and broad canopy, it is native to moist soils in the lower Mississippi River basin in the central and southern United States. The bark can range from being nearly smooth and ghostly white and gray (like a birch), to a rather mundane furrowed, corky gray.

The leaves are large, but extremely deep-lobed so...

(Chinese Cork Oak, Oriental Oak)

Handsome in shape, with variably sized deep green leaves with grayish undersides, Oriental oak's soft corky bark has many uses. This fairly fast-growing deciduous tree is native to eastern China, Korea and Japan in mixed woodlands. Mature specimens develop a tall, rounded canopy with spreading and upright-leading branches. Its thick, corky bark is a beige-sandy brown color and was traditionally used in eastern Asia in a manner similar (and inferior) to the bark of cork oak (Quercus suber)...

(Black Oak)

An interesting tree with dark bark and orange inner bark that is bitter, black oak has attractive, classically shaped oak leaves and red-brown fall color. This slow-growing, long-lived deciduous tree is native to the moist, acidic woodlands across the eastern half of the United States and southernmost tip of Ontario. Mature specimens develop a tall, irregular canopy with spreading branches, being more pyramid-like when younger. Its corky bark is a deep brown to nearly black and is vertically furrowed...

(Live Oak)

A classic of old landscapes in the American South, live oak is an evergreen shade tree that matures to a massive size. This native of the southeastern and south-central United States and Mexico is slow-growing and develops a very broad spreading canopy that often becomes laced with strands of epiphytic Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides). When young, its bark is red-brown but becomes darker and develops a blocky texture as it ages. Its shiny, linear leaves are rich olive to dark green, and...

(Interior Live Oak)

Handsomely and attractively spreading its dark branches, interior live oak casts dense shade from its glossy foliage canopy. This species is a very drought tolerant broadleaf evergreen tree that is far better inland and in the north state than its popular cousin, the coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia. It is fire adapted and quite able to resprout from the root crown after a big burn offering valuable soil holding value for high fire hazard zones in hill country. Over time it's rather...