Quercus Species, Cherrybark Oak, Southern Red Oak, Spanish Oak, Swamp Red Oak

Hi, I've been studying this species for 4 decades or so. Cherrybark grows very well in Tennessee. A lady in Nashville purchased a few h...Read Moreundred trees consisting of 4 popular oak species and planted most in front of her home. After 19 years the Cherrybark Oaks were the largest and healthiest. Many I have watched grew 3 feet in height per year for 20 years and then commensurately slower with age. I have seen a few around Nashville TN USA that are 100' tall and 5 feet through the trunk. It's a good and similar replacement for Northern Red Oak if diseases are attacking your Northern Red Oaks in your area. I'm attaching a pic or two of a nice big one in Gallatin, Tennessee which belongs to Alice and Myron. It is 92 feet tall, 105 feet spread, and over 5 feet through at chest. I have a few here at my home which is a Certified Level 4 Arboretum. Randy Allen of http://www.WhiteHouseArboretum.com .

A sought-after species for lumber purposes.

Impressive leaves shaped like a pagoda ( note the the name). Considered to b...Read Moree a variant of the southern red oak. Native to only a tiny little corner of the FL panhandle plus it looks like a low elevation tree for the rest of the southern states.

Not very shade tolerant.