50 seeds Shingle Oak Acorn Seeds for planting easy to grow Garden landscape

Planting Shingle Oak Acorn Seeds: A Simple Guide to Cultivating Hardy Trees Acorn Seeds shingle oak Acorns, 1/2 to 2/3 inch long are topped with a thin cap enclosing the top 1/3 of the nut. Part care: Although it has a taproot, shingle oak can be easier to transplant than some oaks. Shingle oak got its name because the naturalist who discovered it noticed that French colonists in Illinois were using the wood to make roofing shingles. The leaves resemble those of laurel (bay), It is said that early French Creole colonists in Illinois used this species of oak to provide wooden shingles for their homes (it can easily be split into thin sheets); apparently some traditionalists in the South still use it for housing shingles. It also makes a nice ornamental tree. The acorns are eaten by many species of birds and mammals.Shingle oak is native to the central and eastern U.S. and tends to grow to 50 to 60 feet tall. Co-national champion trees are in Cincinnati, Ohio (105 feet) and Nashville, Te