Arkansas Tree Database

Scientific name:

Quercus Pagoda

Size:

100'-120' tall

Leaves:

alternate, simple, with 5-11 triangular deep lobes, extremely variable but always bristle-tipped; dark green above and pale gray beneath

Flowers:

inconspicuous

Fruit:

small acorn half-enclosed in cup with reddish brown scales with a dark border, ripening in autumn of the second year

Fall Interest:

dark red; deciduous

Culture:

sun; dry to moist soil

Disease/Insect:

Use:

best red oak lumber; wood for face veneer, furniture, cabinets, flooring

Cultivars:

Notes:

bark gray to black with scaly narrow ridges, similar to black cherry; leaf held with the stalk upward resembles the outline of a Chinese pagoda; native to Arkansas