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Canyon live oak makes a spectacular bonsai as well as a good garden specimen in many parts of the countryreaching 100’ after 300years or so. Canyon live oak is found in the Coast Ranges and Cascade Range of Oregon and in the Sierra Nevada in California. Realistically it is zone 6-7 but gary has a plant in the arboretum at Gee’s.

Northern Pin Oak occurs on dry, sandy, usually acidic soils, A midwestern native it can rival scarlet oak for fall color.

The Cherrybark Oak tree, or swamp red oak, It is larger and better formed than southern red oak and commonly grows on more moist sites.It has heavy strong wood which makes it an excellent timber tree for furniture Many wild animals and birds use the acorns as food. This tree is also a pleasant shade tree and fast growing.

Valley oak is a wstern sort of white oak, a beautiful tree that needs careful siting north of zone 7 to succeed, It is rather obscure in gardens (Dirr doesn’t list it). Lobata will eventually reach 35m in height.

Chestnut oak (also commonly called basket oak, rock oak) is a medium to large sized deciduous oak of the white oak group that typically grows 50-70’ (less frequently to 100’) tall with a rounded crown. It is native to wooded slopes in dry upland areas, often with poor soils, from Maine to Indiana south to South Carolina and Alabama. It grows tallest in rich, well-drained soils.. Fruits are oval acorns (to 1 1/4” long) with warty cups that extend to approximately 1/2 the acorn length. Obovate, coarsely-toothed, almost leathery leaves (to 7” long) are dark green above and pubescent gray-green beneath.