Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia /Cherry Bark Oak

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Scientific Name:	Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia
Common Name:	Cherry Bark Oak
Plant Type:	Deciduous
Leaf Type:	Broadleaf
Hardiness Zone:	5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Determine Your Zone
Height:	over 50 feet
Spread:	over 50 feet
Fruit present:	Fall
Fruit color:	Brown
Light Exposure:	Sun
Drainage:	Well drained, Moist, Dry
Rate of Growth:	Fast
Water Requirement:	Medium
Maintenance Level:	Low
Susceptible to insects and diseases:	No

Comments:	Absent from pinelands, except along streams. It is well adapted to growing in the heavy soils found in major river bottoms. A quick grower that can produce marketable timber in 20 years or less. A long lived species with a rounded to oval form that is used as a shade tree. As a red oak it only produces acorns every second year.