Arkansas Tree Database

Scientific name:

Quercus Shumardii

Size:

60'-80' tall, up to 150' tall

Leaves:

alternate, simple, with 5-11 deep lobes at nearly right angles to midvein, with greater number of bristle tips than on Nuttall or pin oak

Flowers:

inconspicuous

Fruit:

acorn 1/4 enclosed in cup; heavy producer, ripening in autumn of the second year

Fall Interest:

red or reddish purple or brown, sometimes yellow; deciduous

Culture:

sun; dry to medium moisture, well-drained, acidic soil, tolerant of alkaline

Disease/Insect:

Use:

shade tree for large area; commercially valuable timber

Cultivars:

Notes:

bark dark gray to reddish brown, smooth when young breaking into flat thick scaly interlacing ridges with shallow grooves with age; butterfly larval host; native to Arkansas