Oak trees for landscaping

Gobbler Sawtooth Oak

Scientific Name: Quercus acutissima
Zone: '5-8'
Sun: Full sun

"The Gobbler Sawtooth Oak tree, Quercus acutissima, produces acorns in 5 years, supports wildlife, and is fast growing tree. The ""Gobbler"" Sawtooth ... more

Sawtooth Oak

Scientific Name: Quercus acutissima
Zone: '5-9'
Sun: Full sun

"The Sawtooth Oak tree, Quercus acutissima, is a wide spreading shade or lawn tree. This deciduous tree is a great source for wildlife food because it... more

White Oak

Scientific Name: Quercus alba
Zone: '3-9'
Sun: Sun to partial shade

"The White Oak tree, Quercus alba, is a great majestic long-lived tree that will last for generations. It is an excellent wildlife source of food mass... more

Swamp White Oak

Scientific Name: Quercus bicolor
Zone: '4-8'
Sun: Sun to partial shade

"The Swamp White Oak tree, Quercus bicolor, is a beautiful native tree with lustrous, heavy textured leaves with wavy margins. This rugged oak grows w... more

Northern Red Oak

Scientific Name: Quercus borealis
Zone: '3-8'
Sun: Full sun

"The Northern Red Oak tree, Quercus borealis, is known for its strength and brilliant fall color. Northern Red Oak trees are used as a specimen tree a... more

Texas Red Oak

Scientific Name: Quercus buckleyi
Zone: '7-9'
Sun: Full sun

"The Texas Red Oak, 'Quercus buckleyi' is also known as Spanish Oak, Spotted Oak, Red Oak, and Rock Oak. This medium sized tree may achieve a height o... more

Southern Red Oak

Scientific Name: Quercus falcata
Zone: '7-9'
Sun: Full sun

"The Southern Red Oak tree, Quercus falcata, is characterized by its rough bark. The Southern red oak is also referred to as Spanish oak. Southern Red... more

Cherry Bark Oak

Scientific Name: Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia
Zone: '6-9'
Sun: Full sun

"The Cherrybark Oak tree, Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia, is also called bottomland red oak, red oak, swamp red oak, swamp Spanish oak, and Elliott ... more

Overcup Oak

Scientific Name: Quercus lyrata
Zone: '5-9'
Sun: Sun to partial shade

"The Overcup Oak tree, Quercus lyrata, is a long-lived, very sturdy shade tree that will thrive in a wide variety of soil conditions. This oak tree is... more

Bur Oak

Scientific Name: Quercus macrocarpa
Zone: '3-8'
Sun: Full sun

"The Bur Oak tree, Quercus macrocarpa, is a long-lived majestic oak tree. It is also called the Burr Oak. The Bur Oak is a tall, fairly slow-growing, ... more

Eastern Red Oak

Scientific Name: Quercus maxima
Zone: '4-8'
Sun: Full sun

"The Eastern Red Oak tree, Quercus maxima, is a hardwood tree that you can recognize by its pointy-lobed leaves with prickly tips. In autumn the leave... more

Swamp Chestnut Oak

Scientific Name: Quercus michauxii
Zone: '5-9'
Sun: Sun to partial shade

"The Swamp Chestnut Oak tree, Quercus michauxii, is known also as a basket oak for the baskets made from its wood, and cow oak because cows eat the ac... more

Chinkapin Oak

Scientific Name: Quercus muehlenbergii
Zone: '3-7'
Sun: Full sun

"The Chinkapin Oak tree, Quercus muehlenbergii, is the limestone equivalent of the chestnut oak, occuring as a dominant species on rocky alkaline upla... more

Water Oak

Scientific Name: Quercus nigra
Zone: '6-10'
Sun: Sun to partial shade

"The Water Oak tree, Quercus nigra, is also known as a spotted oak or possum oak. Water Oak trees are a conical to round-topped tree. It is a popular ... more

Nuttall Oak

Scientific Name: Quercus nuttallii
Zone: '5-9'
Sun: Full sun

"The Nuttall Oak tree, Quercus nuttallii, was not distinguished as a species until 1927. It is also called red oak, Red River oak, and pin oak. It is ... more