Shingle Oak
 

Mature Size, Growth, Longevity

Average mature size of 50-60' and wide in the landscape, can reach to 100' tall in the wild. Slow to medium growth rate, 1.5-2' per year over 10-20 years. Long lived, 200 years or more.

Native Range

Penn. to Ga. west to Nebr. and Ark.

Flower and Fruit Details

Flowers are monoecious, male catkins pendant and clustered, female solitary. Fruits are 0.62" acorns, capped.

Leaf and Bark Features

Yellow-brown to russet-red fall color. Bark is gray-brown with low ridges, shallow furrows.

Culture and Care

Prefers moist, rich, deep, well-drained, acid soil in full sun. Susceptible to anthracnose, leaf scorch, cankers, leaf spots, powdery mildew,rust, wilt, decay, shoe-string root rot, galls, scales, saddleback caterpillar, oak skeletonizer, bores, miners, mites.

Strengths, Weaknesses, Other Facts

This species does well in the Midwest. National champion 104' x 68' in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Taxa and Plants of this Species at BCA