# Rare & Uncommon Oaks

> Scrub oaks, coastal-plain post oaks and southern white oaks you will not find at a garden center.

Blue Whale Trees, a native tree nursery in the United States. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/rare-oaks/?moisture=dry&sun=full&zone=8

Thirty-two oaks, from shrub oaks of scrub and deep sand to canopy oaks of bottomland. Six are shrub oaks of 20 feet or less, among them [dwarf chinquapin oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-chinquapin-oak/index.html.md) and [bear oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bear-oak/index.html.md). The sand post oak and the Delta post oak are post oaks of deep sand and of bottomland. [Oglethorpe oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/oglethorpe-oak/index.html.md) and [overcup oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/overcup-oak/index.html.md) are big white oaks of wet ground. Every one is offered as a sapling and as [acorns to sow](https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/acorns-and-seed/index.html.md?as=acorns), and the group covers USDA zones 3 to 10 depending on the species. Saplings ship while dormant, in spring and fall. Acorns ship whenever they are in stock, and [white-oak-group acorns](https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/red-oaks-and-white-oaks/index.html.md) should be planted the week they arrive.

27 of 428 plants matching full sun, dry soil, zone 8. Each plant links to its own Markdown page with the full facts, description and growing guide.

Columns: Zones are the USDA hardiness zones the plant takes, from the coldest to the warmest it is rated for (zone 2 is the coldest, 10 the warmest); Height is mature height in feet; Sun and Soil list every condition the plant takes; Grown from is what the nursery offers it as (saplings, or acorns, nuts or seed to sow); Price is the lowest price for sale, a plant size's first and a packet's apart, or Sold out for a priced plant with nothing for sale, or "ask" when the plant is not yet priced online (email captain@bluewhaletrees.com or join the waitlist on the web page).

This table accepts the shop's filters as query parameters on this address: size (shrub, small-tree, medium-tree, large-tree), sun (full, part, shade), moisture (dry, average, wet), zone (2 to 10), native (a state's two-letter code in capitals, such as PA: the plants native to that state by the USDA PLANTS records), want (a trait: flowers, fall-color, wildlife, honey, edible, evergreen, rare, drought, wet-tolerant, shade, early-bearing, screening, nitrogen-fixing, salt, winter-interest, street-tree, erosion-control; rare means uncommon in the wild or in nurseries, honey a nectar source for bees), as (acorns, seed, nuts, saplings) and q (a search word). Several values may be joined with commas.

| Plant | Botanical name | Group | Type | Height (ft) | Zones | Sun | Soil | Grown from | Price |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Sand Post Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-post-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus margaretta* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 15–40 | 6–10 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Overcup Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/overcup-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus lyrata* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Large tree | 40–60 | 5–9 | Full | Average, Wet, Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Bluff Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bluff-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus austrina* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Medium tree | 40–60 | 5–9 | Full | Average, Wet, Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Myrtle Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/myrtle-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus myrtifolia* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 15–40 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Blackjack Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blackjack-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus marilandica* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 20–40 | 5–9 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Post Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/post-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus stellata* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Medium tree | 35–50 | 5–9 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Arkansas Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/arkansas-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus arkansana* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Medium tree | 20–60 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Bluejack Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bluejack-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus incana* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 20–40 | 6–10 | Full, Part | Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Turkey Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/turkey-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus laevis* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 20–50 | 7–10 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Chapman Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chapman-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus chapmanii* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 10–25 | 7–10 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Maple-leaf Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/maple-leaf-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus acerifolia* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 20–50 | 5–9 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Nuttall Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/nuttall-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus texana* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Large tree | 50–80 | 5–9 | Full | Average, Wet, Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Laurel Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/laurel-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus hemisphaerica* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Medium tree | 40–60 | 6–10 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Black Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus velutina* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Large tree | 50–80 | 3–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Southern Red Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-red-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus falcata* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Large tree | 60–80 | 6–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Sandhill Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sandhill-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus inopina* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Shrub | 5–16 | 7–9 | Full, Part | Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Dwarf Live Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-live-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus minima* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Shrub | 1–3 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Texas Red Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/texas-red-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus buckleyi* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Medium tree | 20–50 | 5–10 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Plateau Live Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/plateau-live-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus fusiformis* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 20–40 | 5–10 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Shumard Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shumard-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus shumardii* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Large tree | 50–80 | 5–9 | Full | Average, Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Sand Live Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-live-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus geminata* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 20–50 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Dwarf Chinquapin Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-chinquapin-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus prinoides* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Shrub | 6–15 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Bear Oak (Scrub Oak)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bear-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus ilicifolia* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Shrub | 6–20 | 4–8 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Georgia Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/georgia-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus georgiana* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 25–50 | 5–8 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Shingle Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shingle-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus imbricaria* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Medium tree | 40–60 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Boynton Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/boynton-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus boyntonii* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Shrub | 6–20 | 8–9 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Runner Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/runner-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus pumila* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Shrub | 3–6 | 8–9 | Full, Part | Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |