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Useful for Timber, Acorn Production and Ornamental Value. The tendency of oaks to cross-pollinate with one another creates hybrids. Within North American oaks alone, it’s estimated there are at least 200 hybrids found wild. Hybrid oaks are usually fertile and produce progeny that can show wide variation and many similarities of both parents. For the last 30 years, Oikos Tree Crops has maintained a hybrid oak planting for the purpose of producing the most vigorous oak hybrid seedlings. What started as a simple horticultural curiosity has resulted in some distinct refinements in using hybrid offspring. The results have been dramatic. Here are a few of the salient points of the hybrid oak crowd: Faster growth: The right hybrid in the right soil can exhibit two to three times the growth rate of pure species. Precocity: Acorns will begin bearing in 4-8 years from seedling compared to 15-30 years in pure species. Ecological adaptability: Adaptable to different soil types and climates exhibiting greater vigor even if the conditions are not optimum. Heavy Acorn Production: Some selections produce a spur type fruiting or dense branching which in turn greatly increases the yields per individual tree. All of these provide a wide variation of different types useful for a wide variety of combinations and uses. What more could you ask for in an oak?
"Native" Bebbs Oak — Quercus bebbiana
Sweet acorn selections from Miguel Marquez noted for their precocity and productivity. Compact crown. Good mix useful for hot areas.		 More Details
"Sweet It Is" Bebbs Oak — Quercus x bebbiana
From a 2nd generation cross, ‘Sweet it Is’ is a very low tannin bur oak type acorn. The original tree was discovered by a wetland near Plainwell, MI. The small acorns are completely enclosed in the cap. On good ...		 More Details
"Taco" Bebbs Oak — Quercus x bebbiana IL
Acorns collected from the second generation of this famous oak in Springfield, IL discovered by Guy Sternberg. Parent tree was found in a parking lot next to a fast food restaurant near the dumpster area. This i...		 More Details
Bebbs Oak — Quercus x bebbiana (macrocarpa x aba)
Bebbs oak is a fairly common hybrid found within the range of bur oak. Usually they look similar to bur oak in the wild but occasionally you will find some hybrids closer to the white oak. At times these crosses ...		 More Details
Bimundors Oak — Quercus x bimundorum White x English
Bimundors oaks are a common hybrid cross known in this country for at least 100 years. English and our native white oak are very compatible and if you grow enough seedling English oak you will more than likely fi...		 More Details
Burenglish Oak — Quercus macrocarpa x robur
This is the most vigorous oak we grow. Some of our seedlings are now comparable in height (40 ft. plus) to the native black oaks on our farm, which had a 20-year head start. The origin of this strain started from...		 More Details
Burgambel Oak — Quercus macrocarpa x gambelli
One of the best selections for acorn production burgambel begins producing acorns at a young age when the trees are only 3-6 feet tall. The acorns ripen early in the season starting in September. Medium growth r...		 More Details
Burlive Oak — Quercus macrocarpa x turbinella Ecos Bur x Live
This strain has been used in parts of Nebraska were few trees can grow. Burlive oak can tolerate both heat and drought and grow in unforgiving soils. If you ever traveled to an area with few trees and asked “why?...		 More Details
Columnar Oak — Quercus x hybrida Ecos
Grown from seed, our Ecos Columnar oak selections were made using hybrids of Burenglish, englishlive and English swamp white crosses from select trees that we have fruiting at our farm. Each of these trees are a ...		 More Details
Englishlive Oak — Quercus robur x turbinella
Another Cottam hybrid for tough sites, especially drought soils. Dwarfish, somewhat pyramid shaped, ornamental hybrid with good acorn crops. Medium growth rate (12-18" per year) and develops a lot of branche...		 More Details

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