About 70 oak species grow to tree size in North America. Red Oak Tree Group . ... Other red oak family members include pin oak, Shumard oak, black oak, scarlet oak, and southern/northern red oak.

Most water oaks grow very large (60 to 80 feet tall and 40 feet wide) in about 40 to 50 years. After 50 to 60 years, they tend to develop decay in their trunks.

Like the Shumard oak, it too needs a lot of room to grow with mature heights of 60 to 90 feet with a crown spread of 30 to 50 feet. Like the Shumard oak, the swamp chestnut oak should be pruned so ...

Scientific name: Quercus shumardii. Growth habit: A deciduous pyramidal-shaped tree growing to 50 feet tall and equally as wide. The leaves are large, glossy green with pointed tips and deeply cut … ...

Question for Dan Gill: Recently I had a large Shumard oak tree planted by a local nursery. In the process of planting, they damaged a small section (five inches by six inches) of the bark, about a ...

For example, Tallamy writes that there can be 90,000 springtail insects in a square meter under an oak. Leaf litter mites may be 250,000 per square meter!

Shumard oak (Quercus shumardii) The Shumard oak is a large tree that can reach heights of 120 feet and a trunk up to 3 feet in diameter. The Parker County Master Gardener Association notes that ...