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Quercus ilicifolia Bear Oak


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: UPL Soil: pH 4.0-7.5


Form/Color Deciduous, moderate grower to 15', Stormwater Intolerant of stormwater.
blooms May, acorns ripen September of Tolerance:
the following year.


Urban Insufficient information to determine


Tolerance: tolerance.


Habitat: Dry rocky or sandy, sterile acid soil in oak


and pine barrens, coastal scrub, dry,
sandy sterile soil. Ecosystem Wildlife value very high, acorns eaten
Services: by birds and mammals.


Hydrology: Tolerant of drought, intolerant of flooding.


Ornamental Blooms in May.
Value: Compatibility:


Salt Tolerant of salt.
Tolerance: Other:


Shade Intolerant of shade.


Tolerance:


Quercus prinoides Dwarf Chinkapin Oak


Native To: New York City Wetland Indicator: UPL Soil: pH 5.0-8.5


Form/Color Deciduous, slow grower to 9', blooms in Stormwater Insufficient information to determine
May, acorns ripen September-October of Tolerance: tolerance.


the following year.


Urban Should tolerate concrete debris,
Tolerance: intolerant of soil compaction.


Habitat: Dry rocky rich soils, slopes, oak barrens.


Ecosystem Wildlife value very high.


Services:


Hydrology: Tolerant of drought, intolerant of flooding.


Ornamental Blooms in May.


Value: Compatibility:


Salt Insufficient information to determine
Tolerance: tolerance. Other:


Shade Intolerant of shade.
Tolerance:

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