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* It is sometimes cultivated as a large garden tree or street tree, and is quite easy to grow if it is not subject to extreme urban conditions. It typically grows to around 65 ft (20 m) tall, though the tallest specimen currently known is over 42m tall.

* The Shumard Oak , Quercus shumardii (also known as Spotted Oak, Schneck Oak, Shumard Red Oak, and Swamp Red Oak), is one of the largest of the oak species in the red oak group ( Quercus section Lobatae ).

* An ornamental and shade tree, it is also suitable for hedges, screens, and windbreaks. * Wood was once used by early settlers in the midwest for shingles, hence the common name. Specific epithet comes from Latin and means to place in an overlapping...

* It is a medium-sized tree growing to 20-30 m tall (exceptionally to 39 m), with a trunk up to 1-1.5 m diameter (exceptionally 2 m). It is distinguished from most other oaks by its leaves , which are shaped like willow leaves, 5-12 cm long and 1-2.5...

The acorns form a valuable food resource for several small mammals and some birds, notably Eurasian Jays Garrulus glandarius. * Quercus robur is planted for forestry, and produces a long-lasting and durable heartwood, much in demand for interior and furniture...

When kept in a cool place, and not shelled, the seed should store for at least 12 months. Very popular in America, the seed is sweet and well-flavoured with a thin shell. The seed can be dried and ground into a powder which is added to cereals and used...

* In the northern part of its range, black oak is a relatively small tree, reaching a height of 20-25 m (65-80 ft) and a diameter of 90 cm (35 in), but it grows larger in the south and center of its range, where heights of up to 42 m (140 ft) are known.

* Wyman says the kernals come out whole. They really are perfect hearts! * The fruit is a nut , produced in bunches of 4-10 together; the nut is spherical, 3-5 cm long and broad, surrounded by a green husk before maturity in mid autumn.

* Sandalwood oil has been widely used in folk medicine for treatment of common colds, bronchitis Album has been the primary source of sandalwood and the derived oil. Album in India is noted in literature for over two thousand years.

* An ornamental and shade tree, it is also suitable for hedges, screens, and windbreaks. * Wood was once used by early settlers in the midwest for shingles, hence the common name. Specific epithet comes from Latin and means to place in an overlapping...

* Tolerate: Drought, Dry Soil, Black Walnut, Air Pollution. * Prefers a good deep fertile loam which can be on the stiff side. * Trees may live up to 500 years according to the USDA , and a living example of 326 years was noted in 2001 by Orwig et al.

* Tolerate: Drought, Dry Soil, Black Walnut, Air Pollution. * Prefers a good deep fertile loam which can be on the stiff side. * Trees may live up to 500 years according to the USDA , and a living example of 326 years was noted in 2001 by Orwig et al.

* The Shumard Oak , Quercus shumardii (also known as Spotted Oak, Schneck Oak, Shumard Red Oak, and Swamp Red Oak), is one of the largest of the oak species in the red oak group ( Quercus section Lobatae ).

* It is sometimes cultivated as a large garden tree or street tree, and is quite easy to grow if it is not subject to extreme urban conditions. It typically grows to around 65 ft (20 m) tall, though the tallest specimen currently known is over 42m tall.

* Compound leaves, dark green; 2" edible fruit, oily; furrowed dark gray bark; often of rather open habit, with a number of trunks and few internal branches; likes rich moist soil but adapts to drier sites; native to eastern North America

* Swamp laurel oak is found mostly on alluvial flood plains, from sea level up to 150 m altitude. * Laurel oak is a medium sized, mostly deciduous oak of the red oak group that typically grows to 40-60' (less frequently to 100') tall with a broad, rounded...

* Compound leaves, dark green; 2" edible fruit, oily; furrowed dark gray bark; often of rather open habit, with a number of trunks and few internal branches; likes rich moist soil but adapts to drier sites; native to eastern North America

It is confined to acidic soils, and does not tolerate limestone , and grows at low altitudes from sea level up to 350 m. It is native from Massachusetts to Delaware and west to Wisconsin and Arkansas.

* The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels . * Quercus acutissima lives in deciduous forests at altitudes of up to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) in South Asia and South East Asia.

Produces 3/4'' to 1'' acorns. Very adaptable trees hold up to urban pollution. Red Oak is named after it's fabulous fall leaf color. Excellent street tree grows 60-80 feet tall and is fast growing.

* Nutmeg Hickory ( Carya myristiciformis ) of the Juglandaceae or Walnut family, also called swamp hickory or bitter water hickory, is found as small, possibly relict populations across the Southern United States and in northern Mexico on rich moist soils...

Each zone corresponds to the minimum winter temperatures experienced in a given area. Matures to be 50' tall in full sun. Introduced in 1966. Make sure that your hardiness zone lies within the zone compatability range of this variety before ordering.

* Leaves to 6"; branches brown and fuzzy; small clusters of 7-10 flowers; rounded fruit; native to northeast Asia.

* In the northern part of its range, black oak is a relatively small tree, reaching a height of 20-25 m (65-80 ft) and a diameter of 90 cm (35 in), but it grows larger in the south and center of its range, where heights of up to 42 m (140 ft) are known.

* The swamp white oak is a medium-sized tree of America's north central and northeastern mixed forests. * Wildlife such as deer, ducks, and geese, as well as other animals are attracted to this tree when acorns are dropping in the fall.

* The bark is a medium gray and somewhat rugged. * The Quercus macrocarpa or Bur Oak , sometimes spelled Burr Oak , is a species of oak in the white oak section Quercus sect. * Quercus macrocarpa is known as a massive shade tree that can tolerate prolonged...

It is confined to acidic soils, and does not tolerate limestone , and grows at low altitudes from sea level up to 350 m. It is native from Massachusetts to Delaware and west to Wisconsin and Arkansas.