These trees don’t acquire their vibrant colors until later in the season.
Below, discover whichtypes of oak treesin the fall paint your landscape with vibrant colors.
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Oak trees do not all have the same fall colors.
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Also, some oak trees even keep their leaves in the winter, such as the pin oak.
They often reach a height of 70 feet with an almost equal spread.
They’re even tolerant of wet soil.
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Their leaves are between 4 and 9 inches long with seven to nine lobes.
They start with a pinkish color in the spring and transition to dark green.
The trees can reach 80 feet tall with a similar spread.
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They like full sun andacidic soil.
White oaks are slow growers but will mature into exceptional shade trees.
The trees are generally hardy and live for several decades.
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For the rest of the growing season, the 7-inch-long leaves are a dark, glossy green.
At maturity, sawtooth oaks reach between 40 and 60 feet tall on average, with a similar spread.
They grow best in rich, well-draining soil.
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Bur oaks are slow growers, reaching between 60 and 80 feet tall on average with a similar spread.
Overall, they are low-maintenance and long-lived shade trees.
They can tolerate many soil conditions, including dry soil and clay soil, though they prefer awell-draining loam.
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And they are even tolerant of pollution.
Live Oak
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Thelive oak treegrows in USDA hardiness zones 8 to 10.
The live oak tree gets its name from the fact that it is an evergreen oak.
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Live oaks are found along the coastlines of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic from Texas to Virginia.
The black oak earned its name due to its bark, which becomes almost completely black when mature.
These trees reach 50 to 60 feet in height and grow in USDA zones 3 through 9.
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This deciduous tree grows best alone because it doesn’t deal well with competing neighbor trees.
This makes the black oak tree perfect as a solitary or specimen tree.
A scarlet oak tree requires a medium amount of water and full sun to thrive the most.
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Dry, acidic sandy soil helps this tree reach its greatest height of 50 to 70 feet.
It grows in USDA hardiness zones 4 to 9.
However, there is of yet no established reason why this happens.
The average lifespan of an oak tree will depend on the specifics of the given oak tree.
However, the average lifespan ranges from 100 to 300 years.
The best time totrim an oak treeis late winter or early spring.
This is when oak trees are in their dormant period, meaning they will recover quicker when pruned.
Oak galls are small brownish balls that fall from some oak trees in the autumn.
These balls are growths triggered when wasps lay eggs in the oak tree’s leaves.
The eggs cause the tree to form the galls to protect the developing larvae.
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