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Webster Groves Rotary Club

Century Oaks Project

Pin Oak at Eden Seminary

Webster Groves is known for a diverse over-story of 100- to 250-year-old oaks. Webster Groves Rotary estimates there are more than 150 Century Oaks that shade our Webster Groves streets, homes, and parks…and lower our urban temperature. Oaks are formidable carbon-sequestering trees.

Last fall, the Rotary Club collected acorns from ten different species of our oldest and largest oak trees that we call our Legacy Oaks. These long-lived trees have proven adaptivity to Webster Groves. However, many are entering the last phase of their long life spans, so it is now time to renew the Webster Groves oak canopy.

The Rotary Club is accepting orders for two- to five-foot-high potted progeny saplings of these landmark Legacy Oaks, which are being grown professionally by Forrest Keeling Nursery in Elsberry, Missouri. This fall, we will have first-year oak saplings from the following Webster Groves Legacy Oak species:

Black Oak
Bur Oak
Pin Oak
Post White Oak
Shingle Oak
Shumard Oak
Swamp White Oak
White Oak

Swamp White Oak near Larson Park

The Rotary Club is taking orders now by species included on the above list. The cost is $50 for each progeny Legacy Oak Tree in a 3-gallon pot. ORDER EARLY. SUPPLIES ARE LIMITED!

We will not know until September how many of each species will be available, nor the height of the potted saplings. However, the expected range is 2 to 5 feet, depending on species.

We will fulfill orders of each species by order date. If we run out of a species, then we will give you the opportunity to select another species from the inventory.

PICK UP IS SCHEDULED FOR 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM ON OCTOBER 19TH FROM ALLEN OUTDOOR SOLUTIONS, 7219 WEIL AVE IN SHREWSBURY

Place your order by completing the downloadable form (see link in menu to the left) and mail to: Rotary Club of Webster Groves, 45 West Lockwood, Webster Groves, MO 63119. You may also email your form to: websterlegacytrees@gmail.com

OR you may order on-line through this Webster Groves Rotary Club link: https://forms.gle/zNd2iC81ARFfY5997

One day, these oaks will be the future giants and landmarks of Webster Groves. Select a location that will add shade and character to your neighborhood and streets. We recommend planting at least 10 to 20 feet from the street, driveway, sidewalks, home, or another tree.

White Oak at 501 Oak Street	Bur Oak at 204 Park Road
Post Oak at 135 Dornell Drive	Post Oak at 624 Locksley Place

Bur Oak at 218 Glen Road	Shumard Oak at 360 Sidney Place
Black Oak at 379 Gray Ave	Black Oak at Emmanuel Church

Shingle Oak at 410 Algonquin Place

Oak Species Descriptions (Information Source “Trees Of Missouri “ by Don Kurz)

Black Oak (Quercus velutina)

Appearance: Medium-sized tree, up to 70 feet tall, with a wide spreading, open crown and tall straight trunk.

Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa Michaux)

Appearance: Medium to large tree, up to 80 feet tall, with a broad-spreading, rounded crown, a massive trunk, and low, large-spreading branches.

Pin Oak (Quercus palustris Muenchh)

Appearance: Large tree, up to 100 feet tall, with a tall straight trunk and a pyramid-shaped crown.

Post White Oak (Quercus stella Wangenh)

Appearance: Small to medium-sized tree, up to 70-80 feet tall, with broad, rounded crown and stout branches that are sometimes contorted.

Shingle Oak (Quercus imbricaria Michaux)

Appearance: Medium-sized tree, up to 80 feet tall, with a straight trunk and an open, broadly rounded crown.

Shumard Oak (Quercus shumardii Buckley)

Appearance: Medium to large-sized tree, up to 100 feet tall, with a tall, straight trunk, stout branches, and a large, open crown.

Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor Willd)

Appearance: Medium-sized tree, up to 80 feet tall, with an open, irregularly rounded crown, ascending upper branches, and somewhat pendulous lower branches.

White Oak (Quercus alba L. )

Large tree, up to 120 feet tall, with a long, straight trunk and broad, rounded crown.