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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Chisos Red Oak

Quercus gravesii
native · Central Texas

Chisos Red Oak is a tree native to Central Texas that grows 40 ft tall. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms red in Mar–May.

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The facts

3 sources
Type
Tree
Sun
Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
Water
Medium
Height
About 40 ft
Bloom
Mar–May · red
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil
Takes caliche and clay

Where it grows

No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:

Trans-Pecos

2 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.

also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.