Basket Oak

Other names

Swamp Chestnut Oak

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

North America

Location

Houston and Grossman Ponds, Schnee Oak Collection

Source of plant

Doug Goldman, Forrest Keeling Nursery, Windrose Nursery, Forestfarm Nursery

Description

Tree reaching 30 m in height with light gray, scaly bark. Leaves obovate to oblong, 10-16 cm long, acute, rather coarsely and regularly dentate with 10-14 obtuse teeth on either side, bright green (!), and glossy above, gray-tomentose or velvety beneath, the petiole 1.5-3.5 cm long. Fruits shorter stalked than the leaves (!), the acorns oval-oblong, about 3 cm long, 1/3 enclosed by the cup, the scales on the base of the cup much thickened, the apical limb composed of stiff, fringed scales.

USDA Hardiness Zone

6