Post Oak (Quercus stellata)

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Tree
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun
Water Preferences:	Mesic Dry Mesic Dry
Soil pH Preferences:	Very strongly acid (4.5 – 5.0) Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5) Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 9b
Plant Height:	35 to 50 feet
Plant Spread:	35 to 50 feet
Leaves:	Deciduous
Fruit:	Edible to birds
Fruiting Time:	Late summer or early fall
Flowers:	Inconspicuous
Underground structures:	Taproot
Suitable Locations:	Street Tree
Uses:	Shade Tree
Dynamic Accumulator:	K (Potassium)
Wildlife Attractant:	Birds
Resistances:	Drought tolerant
Pollinators:	Wind
Miscellaneous:	Tolerates poor soil Monoecious

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Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Dec 10, 2017 8:00 PM concerning plant:

Post Oak is a handsome large tree that is native to almost all of the South, plus eastern Kansas, all Missouri, southern Illinois & Indiana & Ohio, and New Jersey and southeast Pennsylvania. It has unique-shaped, glossy, thick, leathery leaves that turn golden brown in autumn. It grows on upland sites, slopes. hills, and mountains. It grows about 3/4 foot/year and lives 300 to 400 years. It develops a taproot, so it is hard to transplant. It is offered by a few native plant nurseries.

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Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on May 31, 2014 9:35 AM concerning plant:

So named for it's extensive use as posts in fencing projects. Another big use is as a fuel in Texas BBQ.
Tree has a fairly extensive range from south central Illinois and very south Iowa down to central Texas and east from Connecticut to Florida.
Leaf has been described as in the shape (roughly) of a Maltese cross.

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Quercus Post Oak (Quercus stellata)