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. Its acorns were a staple food once the bitter tannins are leached out and the seed ground into flour.
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 20–40 ft
- Spacing
- 20–30 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, red, green
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, hummingbirds, pollinators, mammals, songbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~557 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- KS, OK, TX
Related native plants
More Quercus species
- Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)
- Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
- White Oak (Quercus alba)
- Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
- Willow Oak (Quercus phellos)
- Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)