Tree Details

Hardiness zone: 4 – 8

Height: 80 – 100

Spread: 50 – 80

Habit: In youth: pyramidal, narrow crown; At maturity: open crown with spreading branches

Light: Best in full sun

Soil: Moist, well-drained soil preferable, can withstand great variability in pH

Flowers: yellow-green hanging catkins

Fruit: acorn 3/4 – 1 1/4 oblong acorn, usually dark-striped

Landscape use: Used for lawns, parks, golf courses, commercial landscapes, and streets

History: Native range is Alabama westward to eastern Texas, northward to southeastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, southeastern Missouri, and western Tennessee; distinguished as a species in 1927

Pests\Problems: None serious

Significant Features: Can not tolerate shade, grows well in areas of low oxygen availability, distinguished from pin oak by size of acorn