Quercus phellos
- BOTANICAL NAME: Quercus phellos
- PRONUNCIATION: KWER-kus FEL-os
- COMMON NAME: Willow Oak
- FAMILY: Fagaceae
- NATIVITY: Mid-Atlantic coast to southern and western U.S.
- GROWTH HABIT: Gracefully pyramidal becoming broadly oval; 40'-60' (100') tall. Medium to fast growth rate.
- HARDINESS: Zone 5-9; damage noted at -10oF.
- CULTURE: Moist, well-drained, acid soils in full sun or light shade.
- SUCCESSIONAL STATUS: Climax
- FACULTATIVE STATUS: Facultative
- LANDSCAPE USE: A good street tree with an easily transplanted fibrous root system.
- FOLIAGE: Alternate, simple, lance-shaped, without lobes or teeth; 2"-5 ½" long x ¼" - 1" wide. No autumn color.
- BUDS: Pinlike twigs with sharp buds, chestnut-brown color.
- BARK: Shallowly ridged and furrowed bark, gray-brown color.
- FRUIT: Nut (acorn) ½" long or less, involucre (cup) small and saucerlike.
- PROPAGATION: Seed.
- PESTS: None serious.
- CULTIVARS:
University of Delaware Botanic Gardens • Newark, DE 19716 • Phone: 302 831-0153 •