White Oak
Quercus albaWhite Oak is a tree native to Central Texas that grows 80–100 ft tall and 80 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water, and handles clay soil. Blooms yellow in mid spring. Good for birds and butterflies.
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The facts
6 sources- Type
- Tree
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 80–100 ft
- Spread
- 80 ft
- Bloom
- Mid Spring · yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, loam, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports birds and butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in this EPA Level IV ecoregion in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
1 occurrence record 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.