Texas Live Oak is a long-lived native semi-evergreen tree with a short trunk, low branches, and broad rounded crown. The long leathery green foliage has lighter undersides and hold until spring before turning orange and dropping just in time for the new leaves to replace them. Elongated acorns with a scale a cap that covers 1/3 of the acorn one season. Best grown in full sun and rich, moist, acidic well-drained soils. Texas Live oak is thicket forming and has high heat and drought tolerance.
Quercus fusiformis is a host plant for the Hairstreak and Horace’s Duskywing.
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Type: |
Tree |
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Origins: |
Texas and Mexico |
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Height: |
20’ – 40’ |
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Spread: |
25’ – 40’ |
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Spacing: |
30’ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
8 – 10 |
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Culture: |
Full Sun, Part Sun |
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Bloom Color: |
Yellow |
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Season of Interest: |
Year-Round |
