The Water Oak is a broadly conical, deciduous tree with smooth brown then dark grey bark. Its dark green leaves are usually in a spoon shaped form then turning a yellowish brown color in the fall.
Water Oak (Q. nigra)
Mature Height/Spread: Water oak grows 50 to 60 feet tall and wide.
Growth Rate: A rapid grower, it will grow about 25 feet in 10 years.
Water Oak
Water Oak (Quercus Nigra) - A forest tree, though not so tall as other Oaks-80 feet. There is a variety of it in cultivation named nobilis, which has leaves 9 inches or more in length of a rich green. It makes a handsome small tree.
water oak Fagaceae Quercus nigra L. symbol: QUNI
Leaf: Alternate, simple, 2 to 4 inches long and extremely variable in shape (from spatulate to lanceolate), may be 0 to 5 lobed, margins may be entire or bristle-tipped, ...
Water oaks planted in the open tend to have a more regular form than those in more crowded conditions.
Usage
Water oak grows rapidly and matures quickly, reaching senility and beginning to fall apart in 40-70 years or less.
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Canaert Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana 'Canaertii')
White Oak (Quercus alba)
Water Oak (Quercus nigra)
Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)
Willow Oak (Quercus phellos)
English Oak (Quercus robus)
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Quercus nigra - Water Oak
Quercus nuttallii - Nuttall Oak
Quercus oglethorpensis - Oglethorpe Oak
Quercus pagoda - Cherrybark Oak
Quercus palustris - Pin Oak
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Quercus nigra (Water Oak, Possum Oak)
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak, Swamp Oak)
Quercus phellos (Willow Oak)
Quercus robur (English Oak, Pedunculate Oak)
Quercus rubra (Red Oak, Northern Red Oak)
Quercus shumardii (Shumard Red Oak, Texas Red Oak) ...
Water Oak [English]: Quercus nigra
Water Oats [English]: Zizania aquatica
Water Orchid [English]: Habenaria repens
Water Parsely [English]: Oenanthe javanica stolonifera
Water Parsley [English]: Oenanthe javanica 'Flamingo' ...
 See also: Oak, Quercus, Green, May, Acorn
  
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