Texas Red Oak
Quercus buckleyi
Texas red oak brings reliable scarlet fall color to the limestone hills of central Texas, thriving on dry, rocky, alkaline soils where larger oaks struggle. Drought-tough and well scaled for smaller yards.
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 20–40 ft
- Spacing
- 20–30 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- yellow, green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~557 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- TX