Bastard Oak
Quercus sinuata
Bastard oak, or Durand oak, is an adaptable white-group oak ranging from a shrub on dry limestone to a sizable tree on better soils. Drought-tolerant and useful where alkaline ground limits other oaks.
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 90–130 ft
- Spacing
- 30–70 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- white, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~557 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TX
Related native plants
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- Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)