Plant: Shumard Oak Tree
Shumard Oak Tree · Quercus shumardii
Was $150.00
Size: 15 gal
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More about this plant
Shumard oak is a native deciduous oak of eastern Canada and the southeastern United States, growing 50 to 70 feet tall and 30 to 40 feet wide in an erect pyramidal to rounded, fairly open form. Lobed green leaves 3 to 6 inches long turn red in fall, catkins appear in April, and oblong acorns ripen in September and October. It takes full sun to partial shade, clay, loam or sand, acid soil, and ground that runs occasionally dry or occasionally wet, and tolerates drought, pollution, urban conditions, wet soil and wind. Low maintenance and long lived, it serves as a shade or street tree and supports many butterflies, moths, songbirds and small mammals.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 70 ft tall and 40 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
- Native plant
Plant description
Shumard oak is a native deciduous oak of eastern Canada and the southeastern United States, growing 50 to 70 feet tall and 30 to 40 feet wide in an erect pyramidal to rounded, fairly open form. Lobed green leaves 3 to 6 inches long turn red in fall, catkins appear in April, and oblong acorns ripen in September and October. It takes full sun to partial shade, clay, loam or sand, acid soil, and ground that runs occasionally dry or occasionally wet, and tolerates drought, pollution, urban conditions, wet soil and wind. Low maintenance and long lived, it serves as a shade or street tree and supports many butterflies, moths, songbirds and small mammals.
- Fruit
- Oblong ovoid acorns borne singly or in pairs, three quarters to one and a quarter inches long, displaying in September and October.
- Bark & stems
- Dark gray furrowed bark; twigs grayish brown and smooth with clustered terminal buds.
- Native range
- Eastern Canada and Southeastern U.S.A.
