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Tree
Post Oak
Quercus stellata
Iconic Cross Timbers native. Special care: very sensitive to soil changes and root damage — best preserved where it already grows rather than newly planted.
Recommended uses
- Shade
- Large properties
- Plant type
- Shade tree
- Evergreen / deciduous
- Deciduous
- Sun
- Full sun
- Shade tolerance
- Low
- Water needs
- Low
- Mature height
- 40–50 ft
- Mature width
- 35–50 ft
- Maintenance
- Low
- Texas heat tolerance
- High
- Drought tolerance
- High