Georgia Native Plant Society
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Our mission is to promote the stewardship and conservation of Georgia's native plants and their habitats. We grow people who love native plants!
Learn more at www.gnps.org.
Learn more at www.gnps.org.
It has narrow leaves similar in shape to willow oak. It is ranked S2 by the GA DNR, indicating that it is imperiled in Georgia due to habitat destruction.
December 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It has narrow leaves similar in shape to willow oak. It is ranked S2 by the GA DNR, indicating that it is imperiled in Georgia due to habitat destruction.
The long and tapered acorns take only one year to ripen, sometimes falling in great abundance.
December 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The long and tapered acorns take only one year to ripen, sometimes falling in great abundance.
The leaves turn a yellowish color but often remain on the tree into early winter. The small acorns take two years to mature.
December 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The leaves turn a yellowish color but often remain on the tree into early winter. The small acorns take two years to mature.
Along with our Stone Mountain Propagation Project, this doubles our production of native plants for habitat restoration and pollinator gardens.
December 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Along with our Stone Mountain Propagation Project, this doubles our production of native plants for habitat restoration and pollinator gardens.
Can't volunteer but want to contribute? This year's Georgia Gives on Giving Tuesday campaign focuses on the expansion of the GNPS Community-Supported Propagation program. Give early at https://gnps.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/gggt25
Boy Scout Road Nursery Workday - GNPS
The Boy Scout Road Nursery (BSRN) offers a weekly opportunity to learn about native plants and contribute to the GNPS Community-Supported Propagation program. Plants grown will find their home in land restoration projects, educational gardens or chapter and other nonprofit plant sales. The community-supported propagation effort goes on all year…
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November 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Can't volunteer but want to contribute? This year's Georgia Gives on Giving Tuesday campaign focuses on the expansion of the GNPS Community-Supported Propagation program. Give early at https://gnps.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/gggt25
Acorns can be abundant; the slightly fringed edge of the cap helps to distinguish it from red or scarlet oaks which don’t have that. Acorns take two years to mature.
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Acorns can be abundant; the slightly fringed edge of the cap helps to distinguish it from red or scarlet oaks which don’t have that. Acorns take two years to mature.
It has a strongly upright shape with lower branches that are wide and drooping. The leaves turn bronze in the fall and often remain on the tree during the winter, especially on younger trees. It is in the red oak group so the small acorns take two years to mature. The leaves are not pin-shaped.
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It has a strongly upright shape with lower branches that are wide and drooping. The leaves turn bronze in the fall and often remain on the tree during the winter, especially on younger trees. It is in the red oak group so the small acorns take two years to mature. The leaves are not pin-shaped.
...as Wikipedia notes, it has “three perpendicular terminal lobes, shaped much like a Maltese Cross.”
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
...as Wikipedia notes, it has “three perpendicular terminal lobes, shaped much like a Maltese Cross.”
Acorns are small but numerous, taking two years to ripen after flowering. Fall color is somewhat reddish but not always. These leaves would have already fallen by now, but they should be all over the ground for those looking to identify a particular tree.
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Acorns are small but numerous, taking two years to ripen after flowering. Fall color is somewhat reddish but not always. These leaves would have already fallen by now, but they should be all over the ground for those looking to identify a particular tree.