Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana Small tree Zones 2–10 20–30 ft
Shares rocky ground and stream banks in the wild.
A native we do not grow
Tanoak
Notholithocarpus densiflorus. Large tree, 20 to 80 feet where planted, zones 7 to 10; full sun, part shade or shade; average ground.
We do not grow tanoak, and it is not in our shop. This page gathers what our tools say about it and the natives we grow for the same ground.
At a glance
| Other names | Tanbark oak |
|---|---|
| Form | Large tree |
| Height, feet | 20 to 80 where planted; up to 208 in its native stands |
| Spread, feet | Up to 50 |
| Zones | 7 to 10 |
| Sun | Full sun, part shade or shade |
| Soil moisture | Average ground |
| Growth | Medium |
| Leaves | Evergreen |
| Traits | Wildlife value, erosion control |
| Flowers | April to October |
| Fruit | Acorns, September to November |
| First crop | 30 to 40 years (abundant crops; sprouts bear from 5) |
| Pollination | Not known whether one bears alone |
| Lifespan | Usually lives 80 to 300 years and can live up to 400. |
| Black walnut | Not named on the Morton Arboretum's lists |
| Ground | Rich moist slopes, the forest understory, rocky ground and stream banks |
| Native in | 2 states |
Tanoak is native in 2 states: California and Oregon. The states are the USDA PLANTS Database's records, with the native range read from the Fire Effects Information System and Silvics of North America.
What our tools say
How fast it grows and how big it gets, by site Whether it suits your zone, sun and soil How far from a house, wires and a septic field What grows with it in the wild and in a yard When to plant it where you live When it flowers and fruits, month by month How to sow its seed, with dates for your place Whether one you have can be moved, and what the move takes How old one is, from its trunk How a big one scores against the champion trees
For the same ground, we grow
These trees we grow share the most of tanoak's natural communities in the wild, by the companion species tool's rules.
Read from
Its figures come from Silvics of North America, the Forest Service's Fire Effects Information System, the Woody Plant Seed Manual, the USDA PLANTS Database, Oregon State University's Landscape Plants, Cal Poly's SelecTree, the Wildflower Center, Calscape, the Jepson eFlora and NC State Extension.