# Superior Specimen Lines

> Acorns and seedlings collected from named, proven parent trees.

Three lines grown from named parent trees chosen for size, form or hardiness: the [cherrybark oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cherrybark-oak/index.html.md) from a parent on Wye Island, Maryland, a select [swamp chestnut oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-chestnut-oak/index.html.md) and a select [American holly](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-holly/index.html.md). Each seedling is seed-grown and genetically distinct while carrying its parent's proven traits. All three are sold as saplings and the two oaks as acorns; the group covers USDA zones 5 to 9.

3 of 364 plants matching native to Oklahoma. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/specimens/?native=OK. 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cherrybark Oak, Wye Island line](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cherrybark-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus pagoda* | Superior Specimen Lines | Large tree | 80–120 | 6–9 | Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Swamp Chestnut Oak, select line](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-chestnut-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus michauxii* | Superior Specimen Lines | Large tree | 60–90 | 5–9 | Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [American Holly, select line](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-holly/index.html.md) | *Ilex opaca* | Superior Specimen Lines | Medium tree | 20–50 | 5–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |