General Landscape Uses:
Specimen or shade tree.
Availability:
Rarely grown by native plant nurseries in northern Florida.
Description: Small, scrubby deciduous tree with leaves 1-6 inches long and 5 inches wide with 3-5 rounded or squarish lobes.
Dimensions: Typically 30-40 feet in height, as broad as tall.
Growth Rate: Slow.
Range:
Southern United States west to Oklahoma and central Texas. South to Hillsborough, Polk, and St. Lucie counties.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Map of suggested ZIP codes from South Florida north to southern Brevard, Osceola, Polk, and Pasco counties.
Habitats: Sandhills, scrubs, dry bluff forests.
Soils: Moist to dry, well-drained sandy or limestone soils, with or without humus.
Nutritional Requirements: Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance: Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance: Moderate; grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.
Drought Tolerance: High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements: Full sun.
Flower Characteristics: Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season: Spring.
Fruit: Acorn less than 1 inch long.
References: Wunderlin and Hansen (
2011), Nelson (
1994)
Comments: We have been adding data for this species for central and northern Florida and welcome any feedback or review. If you would like to contribute information or images, please contact George Gann via the IRC staff page.
