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Arkansas Oak

Quercus arkansana
Fagaceae

Growth Habit

Tree

Description

Tree with thick, nearly black bark, dividied by deep fissures into long narrow ridges, growing to 40' in cultivation. Leaves broadly obovate, slightly 3-lobed or dentate at the wide apex, cuneate at the base. Acorn broad-ovoid, rounded at apex, enclosed only at base in the flat saucer-shaped cup.

Source of plant

Windrose Nursery

USDA Hardiness Zone

8