Form: Narrow rounded
Growth Rate: Fast
Drought Tolerance: High
Size: 55-80’ tall by 50-60’ wide
Zone: 5b-9
Salt Tolerance: Moderate
Light Requirements: Full sun
Soil Requirements: Well-drained moist, fertile, humus rich,
slightly acidic to slightly alkaline soil; found growing in areas with infrequent flooding
Bark: Smooth, gray-brown when young; gray, scaly ridges with dark fissure and tan inner bark with age
Flower: Gray-brown male catkin; gray-green female flower
matures to gray-brown acorn; blooms in Spring
Fruit: Acorns; 1” long by ¾” wide
Foliage: Alternate, simple, oblong; six to eight pairs of ascending lobes; dark green leaves; turns brilliant red to reddish orange in Fall Large parking lots, lawn tree, buffer strips, reclamation planting or shade tree