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§1 Plant

Quercus pagoda Raf.

vernacular cherrybark oak — species · Fagaceae


USDA
QUPA5
GBIF
2881680
Rank
species
cherrybark oak (Quercus pagoda)
Platephotograph · Douglas GoldmanCC BY-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Fagaceae Dumort.
Genus
Quercus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 288 counties across 15 states/territories
Legend Native · 288 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
High
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Low
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
None
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-7 °F minimum
Frost-free days
210 min.
Precipitation
40–70 in/yr
pH range
4.5–6
Root depth
36 in min.
Fertility need
High
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Stem
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
120 ft
Height @ 20 y
60 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
580
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Medium
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
Yes
Fuelwood
High
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 288 counties across 15 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 24 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 40 N
Florida view state ↗ 3 N
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N
Illinois view state ↗ 10 N
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 25 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 54 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 35 N
Missouri view state ↗ 10 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 34 N
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 13 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 28 N
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/QUPA5 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2881680 ↗

Record version

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