Water oak
Quercus laurifolia Michx.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 20 m
- wide
- 12 m
Fagaceae
Also called Darlington Oak, Diamond Leaf Oak, Diamond-leaf oak, Laurel oak, Obtusa oak
Formerly Quercus obtusa, Quercus rhombica
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SE. U.S.A. to TexasKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from UF/IFAS, one source
- Height
- 18 m to 21 mRead from UF/IFAS, one source
- Spread
- 11 m to 14 mRead from UF/IFAS, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from UF/IFAS, one source
Not known yet: flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- UF/IFAS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Quercus laurifolia (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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