Post Oak
Quercus stellata
Post oak is a slow, immensely tough white oak with cross-shaped leaves, dominating dry, poor upland soils from the Mid-Atlantic to Texas. Long-lived and drought-proof, though it resents root disturbance.
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 35–50 ft
- Spacing
- 35–50 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~557 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV
Related native plants
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- Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
- White Oak (Quercus alba)
- Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
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- Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)