Shumard's Oak

Quercus shumardii

native · Central Texassold locally

Shumard's Oak is a tree native to Central Texas that grows 30–120 ft tall and 60 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms yellow in early spring. Good for butterflies.

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The facts

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Type: Tree
Sun: Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
Water: Medium
Height: 30–120 ft
Spread: 60 ft
Bloom: Early Spring · yellow
Foliage: Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil: Takes caliche and clay · recorded on caliche, clay, deep, dry, limestone, loam, moist, sand
Wildlife: Supports butterflies

Where it grows

Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:

Northern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut PlainSan Antonio Prairie

204 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Sold at local nurseries. Confirmed in stock at a Central Texas grower in these sizes:

5, 15, 30, 45, 65, 95, 200, 300 gallon

From the growers we read so far — a short list, not the whole trade. Call ahead.

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.