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Quercus shumardii, the Shumard oak, spotted oak, Schneck oak, Shumard red oak, or swamp red oak, is one of the largest of the oak species in the red oak group (Quercus section Lobatae). It is closely related to Quercus buckleyi (Texas red oak), Quercus texana (Nuttall's red oak), and Quercus gravesii (Chisos red oak).
Fast growth is a terrible criterion in choosing a shade tree. ... Tell your Texas certified nursery professional that you only want a top-quality tree like a live oak, Shumard red oak, chinquapin ...
At the top of that list, I’d put Shumard red oak (colorful many years in the fall) and Chinese pistachios (colorful almost every year). Sweet gums are good annually in acidic soils (primarily ...
• There is one remaining very large branch on the same side of the red oak’s trunk. It is overhanging a 30-year-old Chinquapin oak as well as a 40-year-old Glendora White crape myrtle, a pride ...
Quercus palustris, also called pin oak, [4] swamp oak, or Spanish oak, [5] is a tree in the red oak section (Quercus sect. Lobatae) of the genus Quercus. Pin oak is one of the most commonly used landscaping oaks in its native range due to its ease of transplant, relatively fast growth, and pollution tolerance.
Quercus shumardii (Shumard) [180] A large red oak that prefers damp, porous soils. The wood is marketed along with other red oak wood for furniture and carpentry. Uses: timber; sap resins, veneers. [181] All but DE NJ WI and New England
The wood of a red oak Quercus cerris (the Turkey oak) has better mechanical properties than those of the white oaks Q. petraea and Q. robur; the heartwood and sapwood have similar mechanical properties. [71] Of the North American red oaks, the northern red oak, Quercus rubra, is highly prized for lumber.
– Chinkapin oak – eastern, central, and southwestern US (West Texas and New Mexico), northern Mexico; Quercus ningqiangensis S.Z.Qu & W.H.Zhang – southeastern China; Quercus oblongifolia Torr. – Arizona blue oak, Southwestern blue oak, or Mexican blue oak – # southwestern U.S., northwestern Mexico; Quercus obtusata Bonpl. – Mexico