Life Form:

Deciduous tree

Average Height:

90-130' (27.4-39.6 meters)

Bark Characteristics:

Dark brown, scaly

Bloom Characteristics:

Yellow-green, pollen flowers grow in long catkins, while the pistil flower is green and grows on a short stalk.

Fall Color:

Yellow

Foliage Characteristics:

Simple, alternate, ovate to obovate leaves have 5-11 lobes with 1-3 bristle-tipped teeth. Leaves are 5-8" (12.7-20.3 cm) long.

Fruit Characteristics:

Brown acorns with faint stripes have caps which cover a third to half of the fruit and take two growing season to mature in the fall. Acorns are .6" (16 mm) long.

Range:

E Central and SE USA

Habitat:

bottoms of valleys, slopes; 0-985ft (0-300m)

Hardiness:

-10 - 30 F

Bloom Time:

April-May

Provenance:

From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

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Common Name:

cherrybark oak

Group:

[vascular plants]

Class:

Equisetopsida

Subclass:

Magnoliidae

Superorder:

Rosanae

Order:

Fagales

Family:

Fagaceae

Genus:

Quercus

Species:

pagoda

Accession Number:

2025-0465A

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian Gardens Tree Collection

Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7d966871b-17ef-4677-9d46-d81727cc722c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2025-0465A