native plants primer - SFA Gardens - Stephen F. Austin State ...
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Quercus lyrata Overcup oak<br />
Height: 30 - 50 feet<br />
Leaves: dark green and leathery changing to tannin brown in fall (deciduous)<br />
Fruit: almost entirely covered, hence the name. Good choice for difficult sites (flooding and<br />
slopes).<br />
Quercus shumardii Shumard oak<br />
Height: 50 - 70 feet<br />
Leaves: dark green and lustrous, turning orange in fall (deciduous)<br />
Landscape Value: very desirable due to unique leaf shape, works well as an accent plant,<br />
brilliant fall color.<br />
Quercus stellata Post oak<br />
Height: 40 - 60 feet<br />
Leaves: dark green, cross shaped with rounded edges (deciduous)<br />
Landscape Value: dense round topped crown with stout spreading branches.<br />
Quercus michauxii Swamp chestnut oak<br />
Height: 20 - 60 feet<br />
Leaves: dark green lustrous above, silvery white pubescent below (deciduous)<br />
Grayish flaky bark, heavy mast producer for poorly drained sites. Good fall color.<br />
Castanea pumila Allegheny chinkapin<br />
Height: 12 - 20 feet<br />
Leaves: yellowish green above, white pubescent below (deciduous)<br />
Fruit: nut enclosed in a bur with spike like clusters. Most trees form clumps resulting from<br />
repeated dieback and sprouting (Chestnut blight).<br />
HAMAMELIDACEAE<br />
Hamamelis virginiana Witch-hazel<br />
Height: 20 - 30 feet<br />
Leaves: medium green changing to yellow in fall (deciduous)<br />
Flower: yellow fragrant, October-December.
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