• Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Quercus falcata

Spanish oak, southern red oak

Nomenclature

Common Name:

Spanish oak, southern red oak

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Quercus falcata

Family:

Fagaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

tree

Size:

60-80 ft tall by 60-70 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

NA

Fruit Color:

brown

Phenology:

deciduous

Noted For:

Fall Color

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Shade tree.

Considerations:

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Light:

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Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Usually moist, occasional inundation -to- Very long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Acidic

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B

Ecology

Wildlife:

Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals

Host plant for the banded hairstread, Edward's hairstreak, Grey Hairstreak, white-mouth hairstreak, white-M hairstreak ( Parrhasius m-album ) Horace's Duskywing, and Juvenal's duskywing butterflies.

The acorns are eaten by woodpeckers, blue jays, white-breasted nuthatches, American crows and wild turkey





Attracts small mammals including squirrels, white-tailed deer and black bear.

Native Habitats:

Pine-oak-hickory woods, dry bluffs, sinks, secondary woods.

Comments:

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General Comments:

Like most oaks, the leaves are highly variable with leaves in the upper parts of the tree generally being more finely divided.