Quercus myrsinifolia
Bamboo-leaf oak · also Chinese evergreen oak, Chinese ring-cupped oak, Japanese live oak
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Quercus myrsinifolia is an Asian evergreen oak with narrow, pendulous leaves resembling bamboo. It forms a smooth, light gray trunk with new purple to crimson foliage. This species is valued in urban settings for its hardiness, shade, and tolerance to heat, drought, and poor soils, making it relatively pest and disease free.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1,8950.83%—7.5 in
- 90.00%—2.5 in
- 60.00%—6.5 in
- 10.00%—3.5 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 20–40 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15–30 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.4 in, mean 8.2 in, 90th percentile 13 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Northern Thailand-Laos moist deciduous forests
- Northern Vietnam lowland rain forests
- South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
- Southern Korea evergreen forests
Other Quercus in the catalogue
74 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
