Shumard Oak
Quercus shumardii
Deciduous-Trees
(Detailed plant information can be found at the bottom of the page.)
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Quercus shumardii Plant Information
| Classification | |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name: | Quercus shumardii |
| Common Name: | Shumard oak |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Suggested Uses: | large shade tree, golf course, specimen |
| Characteristics | |
| Plant Form: | large tree |
| Height: | 40 - 60 feet tall (can reach up to 100 feet tall) |
| Foliage: | alternate, simple, and deciduous 6 to 7 lobes (occasionally 9) with fairly deep, "C"-shaped sinuses glaborous (not hairy) with many bristles on blunt tips may have good red fall color |
| Flower: | monecioius |
| Bloom Period: | Spring |
| Fruit: | up to 1” long stripped acorn on a short stalk up to one third of acorn is covered by cap |
| Bark: | light brown to gray patches on trunk can be smooth when young develops small ridges and furrows when older |
| Environment | |
| Water: | drought-tolerant |
| USDA Zone: | zones 5 - 9 |
| Additional Notes: | excellent tree with few problems buds are imbricate (overlap like shingles) and pointed in the red oak group |
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