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
- 15–40 ft
- Spacing
- 15–30 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- 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
- AL, AR, GA, LA, MS, SC, TX