Null Shumard Oak

this deciduous oak has a pyramidal shape in its youth and becomes more rounded as it matures it is well adapted to alkaline soils making it a superb tree for planting in cities well adapted to a wide range of soils and climate conditions this plant will grow in very dry to occasionally wet soil it adapts well to drought but prefers moist rich bottomland soil where it grows quickest mature specimens have dense crowns that reach heights of 90 ft and spreads of up to 60 ft foliage is dark green during summer turning orange red in fall this item ships bare root which means it is dormant with no leaves no soil and the roots are exposed winter planted bare root trees are more economical due to ease of handling and transporting