



Quercus shumardii Shumard Oak
BackDescription
Used as shade trees and in urban environments
- Form:
- Rounded
- Size:
- Will grow 40 to 60’ and wide at landscape maturity
- Rate:
- Fast; 1’ 3.4” per year over a 10 year period
- Zone:
- 5-9
- Leaves:
- Alternate, simple, obovate to elliptic, 4 to 6” long and 3 to 4” wide, usually with 7 lobes occasionally 9, sinuses cut deeply to midrib, leathery, lustrous dark green above, glabrous except for axillary tufts of hairs below; petiole – 1 ½ to 2 ¼” long.
- Bark:
- Not showy
- Fruit:
- Acorns are ovate ¾ to 1” long, short stalked and covered only at the base by a hemispherical-shaped involucral cap. Nut is striated with brown-black lines.
- Flowers:
- n/a
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