Willow Oak Trees Beautiful yellow flowers bloom later

Beautiful yellow flowers bloom later in the spring

It has become one of the most popular Sweetgums in the U

They come on before the leaves and completely cover the branches in fragrant

Its bark is gray and smooth

lack of fruit

Willow Oak Trees Beautiful yellow flowers bloom laterThe Willow Oak (Quercus phellos) is a large sized shade tree. It has a pyramidal form as a young tree then matures to a more open, rounded form typical of an oak tree but a little narrower. The tree is hard to distinguish by its leaves since they are not lobed like other oaks. They are spear shaped and pointed and emerge as a brighter green in the summer before maturing to a darker summertime green and eventually developing bronzy yellow orange fall