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City of Fort Collins
Texas red oak
Quercus buckleyi
Not Native
- Dimensions
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Height: 30.0 ft. to 50.0 ft.
Spread: 30.0 ft. to 50.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Tree
- Program Association
- Approved Street Trees
- Wildlife Uses
- Small Mammals, Urban Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Moderate
- Season of Bloom
- April, May
- Flower Color
- Inconspicious
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- No City Data
- Design Considerations
- Drought Tolerant, Fall Color, Streetscape Plants
- Other Considerations
- Weak Wood
- Duration
- Perennial
- Soil Type
- Alkaline/High pH, Variable, Well Drained
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No City Data
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
One of the toughest red oaks for Fort Collins. Smaller than Shumard oak but often very hard to differentiate. Has good red-orange fall color and generally whiter bark than other red oaks. Does not seem to have the same frost cracking issues as Shumard oak but does not snow load as well. Can be confused with scarlet oak or northern red oak in the trade which accounts for the trees that look chlorotic around Fort Collins. Tolerant of high pH soils. Not predictably cold hardy.