Escarpment Live Oak
Quercus fusiformis
Escarpment live oak is the cold- and drought-hardy live oak of the Texas Hill Country, evergreen and immensely tough on thin limestone soils. Spreads into picturesque mottes that define the central Texas landscape.
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 20–45 ft
- Spacing
- 30–50 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