Quercus buckleyi ∙ Texas Red Oak

Latin Name: Quercus buckeyli
Common Name: Texas Red Oak, Buckley Red Oak

Cultivar:
Family: Fagaceae
Division: Red
Native range: Central Texas into Oklahoma, and Kansas.
Introduced:
Sun/Shade: Sun
Height × Width: 45'+ × 30'
Zones: 5

Flower: male flowers in catkins

Leaves: 2½-5" × 2-4", deeply divided by 5-9 (usually 7) pointed lobes which are broadest at the tip, end in bristle-tipped teeth, shiny dark green above, pale green with tufts of hair in vein axils below. Bright red fall color.

Fruit: mature 2^nd year, egg-shaped, brown stripes. .5-.7" long, shallow cup covers 1/3 - ½ of acorn.

Buds: grayish brown to reddish brown, egg-shaped.

Bark: dark gray

Wildlife: Leaves and acorns can be toxic.

Disease issues:

Cultural Uses: Choctaw: Burned bark and black gum ash added to water and used as a red dye

Folklore:

Notes:

Related to Shumard Oak but leaves are glossier and smaller. Infertile hybrids common in east TX (hybrid line from Dallas to San Antonio).
Drought and heat tolerant.
Named for Travis Buckley, botanist and geologist of Texas.
See: "Typification of the Oak (Quercus) Taxa Described by S. B. Buckley (1809-1884)." Laurence J. Dorr and Kevin C. Nixon. Taxon, 1985 34:2 (May), 211-228. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1221780

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Foliage

Immature Acorns
^{Bob Henrickson, Nebraska Statewide Arboretum
Acorns from trees at the Ferguson House, Lincoln, NE}

Summer Foliage
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Fall Color
^{Texas A&M University}

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