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WILLOW OAK (Quercus phellos)

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Height: 40 to 70 feet                

Spread: 25 to 50 feet

Bloom Time: April                       

Bloom Description: Yellowish Green

Sun: Full sun                              

Suggested Use: Shade Tree, Street Tree

Flower: Not Showy                      

Tolerate: Air Pollution, Clay Soils, Wet Soils

Water: Medium to Wet Native to: Appalachia


This tree is part of the red oak family and has an oak shape, willow like leaves, and has a fast growth rate. This is a fine tree for the back yard, or along the road in front of your house. Thomas Jefferson considered the Willow Oak one of his favorite trees and had them planted in masses around his home and the White House.


The Willow Oak hosts 477 species of butterflies and moths in Jefferson County including the Banded Purple Butterfly, Spun Glass Slug, Clymene Moth, and Great Leopard Moth. Willow Oaks attract a variety of bird species including Woodpeckers, Orioles, Vireos, Wrens, Cardinals, Blue Jays, Finches, Grosbeaks, Titmouse, Nuthatches, Mockingbirds, Chickadees, Warblers, Towhees, and Thrushes.

 

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