Arkansas Tree Database

Scientific name:

Quercus Phellos

Size:

60' tall by 60' wide, up to 100' tall by 80' wide

Leaves:

alternate, simple, 2"-5.5" long, willow-shaped with smooth or slightly wavy margins, bristle-tipped

Flowers:

inconspicuous

Fruit:

small acorn barely enclosed in shallow cup, ripening in autumn of second year

Fall Interest:

yellowish to orange to red, late; deciduous

Culture:

sun; dry to moist soil

Disease/Insect:

Use:

popular ornamental tree for lawn, park, or large area; wood for lumber, pulp

Cultivars:

Notes:

bark dark gray with rough irregular scale-covered plates; Native Americans used bark tea medicinally; butterfly larval host; in the red oak group; native to Arkansas