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Water Oak
It requires moist soil. The Quercus nigra is hardy to zone 6 and is frost tender. It is a tall tree with a slender trunk . The plant prefers medium to heavy soils. The Water Oak trees attractive form makes it a popular landscape and shade tree. It is a popular tree in the South as a shade and street tree. This deciduous tree is fast growing and it starts producing acorns before its 10th year. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It matures in September of the second year. The Water Oak tree, Quercus nigra, is also known as a spotted oak or possum oak. Water Oak trees are a conical to round-topped tree. Acorns are 1/2 inch long, very dark in color, and 1/3 covered by a flattened cap. Water oak acorns provide food for many animals such as squirrels, white-tailed deer, and wild turkey. The plant can tolerate strong winds but not maritime exposure. The Water Oak is found along streams and low ground. ... more
Mockernut Hickery Mockernut Hickory trees grow throughout most of the eastern United States and westward to eastern Texas. It is long lived, sometimes reaching the age of 500 years. The Mockernut Hickory tree, Carya tomentosa, is also called a White Hickory, Whiteheart Hickory, Hognut and Bullnut. This tree grows well on rich, moist, well-drained soils of upland areas. The twigs are stout and reddish-brown to grayish-brown in color. Mockernut hickory is so named because the nuts are large but with thick shells and very small kernels. This and the other hickories are very desirable both for forest and shade trees. The gray bark of this tree is marked with branching ridges and deep furrows. As with the Shagbark Hickory, the wood of this tree is hard, strong, tough and elastic, and is used in handles for tools and in athletic equipment. The unusually small kernels from the nuts are sweet and edible. |
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