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How to Grow

Water
Medium


Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.

Sunlight
Partial Shade - Full Sun


3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun

Soil
Moist clay or loamy, slightly acid, soils. Sandy, Sandy Loam, Medium Loam, Clay Loam, Clay, Acid-based

Cold Tolerant
yes
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May
Plant Type
Trees, Native Plant, Poisonous, Tree
Lifespan
Perennial, Woody
Plant Height
72-100 ft.
Flower
Yellowish-green male flowers as long pendulous catkins. Female flowers in short spikes. Blooms from March to April.
Fruit
The 1/2 inch long rounded fruits are acorns with a scaly bowl-like cap that is striated with brown and black bands. Acorns are come singly or in pairs. Displays from September to November., Light yellow or greenish brown
Benefits
Ornamental
Fall conspicuous, popular shade tree.
Attracts
Birds
Butterflies
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Taxonomy
Order
Fagales
Family
Fagaceae
Genus
Quercus