# Rare & Uncommon Oaks

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

Thirty 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), 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.

8 of 364 plants matching native to New York. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/rare-oaks/?native=NY. 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 current price, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [Blackjack Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blackjack-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus marilandica* | Rare & Uncommon Oaks | Small tree | 20–40 | 6–9 | 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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |