General Landscape Uses:
Shade tree.
Availability:
Rarely grown by native plant nurseries in northern Florida.
Description: Large deciduous tree 100 feet tall with leaves 3-8 inches long with 5-7 triangular and bristle tipped lobes. Young bark is smooth and shiny, older bark is scaly.
Dimensions: Typically 100 feet in height, taller than broad.
Growth Rate: Fast.
Range:
Southern United States south to Jackson, Gadsden, and Franklin counties.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Habitats: Floodplain forests and adjacent slopes.
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-green to green.
Flower Characteristics: Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season: Spring.
Fruit: Acorn one half inch.
References: Mellichamp (
2014), Wunderlin and Hansen 2011
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.
