Fast Growing Oak Trees
Sawtooth Oak tree, Quercus acutissima
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The fast growing Sawtooth Oak tree, Quercus acutissima, is a wide spreading shade or lawn tree. This deciduous tree is a great source for wildlife food because it begins to produce acorns in its sixth year in the nursery. It is a highly prized oak for wildlife enthusiasts because of the short time it takes for the tree to produce acorns.
Sawtooth Oak trees have moderate water requirements and it has a moderate tolerance to salt and alkali soils. The leaves go from yellow to golden brown in the fall, and open to a brilliant golden yellow in the spring. Its growth rate is rapid for an oak tree, and it is a fast growing shade tree.
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Pin Oak tree, Quercus palustris
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The fast growing Pin Oak tree, Quercus palustris, is probably the most widely used native oak for landscaping. One of the faster growing oaks; it can grow 12 to 15′ over a 5 to 7 year period. Pin Oak trees have moderate water requirements and have a moderate tolerance to salt and alkali soils.
This deciduous tree prospers in a range of soil types including wet soils. It has pyramidal, dense, pendulous lower branches when mature. It loses it lower limbs with age. Young trees and lower branches of older trees hold leaves throughout winter. Transplants well.
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Northern Red Oak tree, Quercus borealis
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Price: 14.48
The fast growing Northern Red Oak tree, Quercus borealis, is known for its strength and brilliant fall color. Northern Red Oak trees are used as a specimen tree and also for wildlife. It has moderate water requirements and has a moderate tolerance to salt and alkali soils.
The form of this tree is rounded and the ascending, usually massive branches, tend to branch low to the ground. Fall colors are from yellow-brown to russet-red and bright red. New leaves have a reddish tinge in the spring. Commercially valuable wood. They will bear acorns in 10-12 years in the nursery. Does best in well-drained soils. A very widely planted tree.
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Texana Nuttall Oak tree, Quercus texana
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Price: 10.95
The fast growing Texana Nuttall Oak tree, Quercus texana, also known as Spanish oak, Nuttall’s oak, Texas red oak, Spotted Oak, Rock oak, and red river oak, is a large deciduous native tree of the red oak group. The Texana Nuttail tree has a wide-spreading, rounded crown.
Fruits are oval acorns (to 1 1/2″ long) with scaly cups. Dark green leaves (4-8″ long) are deeply divided into 5-7 spiny, pointed lobes. Leaf shape is reminiscent of the closely related pin oaks and schumard oaks. Fall color comes late, but often includes quality shades of red.
Species name is in reference to the state of Texas where this oak was apparently first identified. Gray-brown bark, initially thin and smooth, later developes narrow scaly ridges. The acorn matures in two seasons. The wood is used as red oak lumber. The acorns are eaten by water fowl and many small mammals.
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Swamp White Oak tree, Quercus bicolor
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Price: 23.95
The fast growing Swamp White Oak tree, Quercus bicolor, is a beautiful native tree with lustrous, heavy textured leaves with wavy margins. This rugged oak grows well in either upland or swampy areas. It is tolerant of poorly drained sites and frequently is found in heavy mucky soils.
The Swamp White Oak is a rapidly growing tree that flowers in spring. The acorns mature and are shed in September or October of the same year. The Swamp White Oak is a long-lived tree that may reach 300 to 350 years old. The name bicolor refers to the two-colored leaf, shining dark green above and velvety white pubescence below, turning golden in the fall.
This deciduous tree has a rounded open habit. Swamp Oak trees transplant easily. It casts dense shade. The sweet acorns are eaten by whitetail deer, mallards, wood ducks, wild turkeys, squirrels, woodpeckers, and smaller rodents.
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Eastern Red Oak tree, Quercus maxima
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Price: 13.95,
The fast growing Eastern Red Oak tree, Quercus maxima is a hardwood tree that you can recognize by its pointy-lobed leaves with prickly tips. In autumn the leaves turn a vibrant red, adding bursts of color to our landscapes. This deciduous tree produces many acorns and is a great provider of food for wildlife.
The Eastern Red Oak tree, Quercus maxima
The tree is very similar to the Northen Red Oak and is sometimes called a Northen Red Oak. It grows rapidly for an Oak tree and is widely adaptable to moisture and soil types.
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Chinkapin Oak tree, Quercus muehlenbergii
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Price: 23.95
Fruits are small oval acorns with scaly cups that extend to approximately 1/2 the acorn length. Acorns are valued food for a variety of wildlife.
Chinkapin Oak trees have narrow, shiny green leaves that have coarse marginal teeth. Leaves somewhat resemble the leaves of chestnut (Castanea) whose nut is sometimes called a chinquapin, hence the common name of this oak. Its acorn is sweet and edible. The thin leaves provide light shade. Fall color is variable, but it usually displays shades of yellow and brown.
Chinkapin is not used extensively as an ornamental tree, although it is quite tolerant of tougher sites.
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Cherrybark Oak tree, Quercus falcata
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The fast growing Cherrybark Oak tree, Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia, is also called bottomland red oak, red oak, swamp red oak, swamp Spanish oak, and Elliott oak.
Many wild animals and birds use the acorns as food. This tree is also a pleasant shade tree and is a fast growing Oak tree.
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Shumard Oak tree, Quercus shumardii
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The fast growing Shumard Oak tree, Quercus shumardii, is one of the largest
southern red oak trees. It grows moderately fast and produces acorns every 2 to
4 years that are a bonus since they can be used by wildlife for food. A handsome
shade tree, suggested as a substitute for Scarlet Oak, though not so hardy
northward. It was named for Benjamin Franklin Shumard (1820-69), state geologist
of Texas.
This deciduous tree, sometimes called the Texas Oak, has small, usually
5-lobed leaves, small acorns, and hairy red buds (instead of hairless brown).
Shumard Oak trees have shiny, dark green leaves, and the bark is gray and
smooth. Shumard Oak trees tolerate poor soil and drought conditions, especially
after they are established.
The outstanding deep crimson-red fall color produced by the Shumard Oak is an
excellent reason to plant this species. In urban areas, this tree has been
embraced as a hardy city species. It is also a valuable lumber oak.
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Willow Oak tree, Quercus phellos
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The fast growing Willow Oak tree, Quercus phellos, is one of the most popular trees for streets, parks, estates, and residential properties. This shade tree is also grown as far north as Cape Cod with reasonable success.
A beautiful specimen oak, the Willow Oak is a relatively fast growing species, about 2′ a year. Willow Oak trees have moderate water requirements and a moderate tolerance to salt and alkali soils.
This deciduous trees fall color is yellow to yellow-brown. The Willow Oak is a good street tree because it is tolerant of heat, drought, air pollution and standing water.
Acorns are a good food source for birds and squirrels. The small leaves are easy to clean up in the fall.
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