General Landscape Uses:
Shade tree.
Availability:
Available at native plant nurseries in northeast Florida.
Description: Deciduous tree to 90 feet tall. Leaves 3-10 inches long with 5-9 shallow, rounded lobes.
Dimensions: Typically 90 feet in height, may be as broad as tall. Up to 98 feet in height in north Florida.
Growth Rate: Slow.
Range:
Southern United States south to Levy and Alachua counties. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the
Exploring Florida website.
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: Floodplain forests.
Soils: Moist to seasonally wet, well-drained to poorly-drained sandy or limestone soils, with humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements: Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
Salt Water Tolerance: Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance: Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance: Moderate; generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established.
Light Requirements: Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color: Yellow.
Flower Characteristics: Conspicuous catkins 2-4 inches long.
Flowering Season: Spring.
Fruit: Acorn 1 inch long, rounded.
References: Wunderlin and Hansen (
2011), Huegel (
2010
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.
