Light Requirement: Sun, partial shade, shade
Bloom Time: Spring
Flower Color: Red, yellow, green, brown
Fruit: Acorn
Deciduous Tree
Other Names: Northern White Oak, Stave Oak, Ridge White Oak
Native to our area.
Typical Mature Height: 100 feet
Wildlife Value: Acorns eaten by numerous wildlife species; used by butterfly larvae
Range: Eastern Canada and the United States from Quebec and Ontario west to Minnesota, south to Texas, east to Florida, and north to Maine
Soils: Dry to mesic, including well-drained loams and sands, sandy loams, medium loams, clay loams, clay, acid-based soils
Habitat: Mesic and dry forests; southwest slopes; rocky hillsides; dry upland slopes to well drained loamy soils in bottomlands
Uses: Important lumber tree because of high-grade wood (e.g., used for whiskey barrels)