Description

• Reaching a height of 75 feet or more with a 25-foot spread, Silver Oak is pyramidal to oval in shape, eventually developing a few heavy horizontal limbs and a thick trunk.
• It is a fast-growing evergreen tree, between 18-35 m tall with dark green delicately dented bipinnatifid leaves reminiscent of a fern frond.
• These leaves are generally 15-30 cm long with silvery undersides. Its flowers are golden-orange bottlebrush-like blooms, between 8-15 cm long, in the spring, on a 2-3 cm long stem.
• Black, leathery seed capsules follow the flowers.

Uses

• Edible Plant Parts (Edible Flowers)
• In China, the leaves are used to heal minor cuts.
• The pale yellowish or yellow-brown wood is easy to shape and is used to make various objects (furniture) or construct buildings.
• It is also used as firewood.