Now it is quite humorous to think of the mighty oak to be characterized and placed in a species not of it's own. Well it is true, the oak tree is actually in the beech tree family. The purposes are because of the similarities in the too, in the male species, the both have long, dangling catkins, and the females have tiny, greenish flowers.
As we have indicated in the other pages of our website, many of the deciduous trees of the cold regions have evergreen brothers and sisters of the warmer regions. Oaks are the same way. However, the oak trees in the warmer climates tends to have more of the shrub like features, but they still are in the oak family. Surprisingly, we recently have found out, one of the biggest concentrations of the oak trees are grown in the warm climates of Mexico, the home of some of the most stunning evergreen species on earth.
The deciduous oak trees grow best in regions of the world, where extreme climate changes take place. Regions that have hot summers but frigid winters also. When the summer is hot and sunny and the autumn remains dry and cool, this helps the oak trees produce spectacular fall colors.
Oak trees seem to attract a lot of pests and diseases, but they somehow always over come the problems. We like planting at least one oak tree in our yard because the acorn, which is the nut, that an oak tree produces, brings in a slue of animals into our yard. Acorns happen to be one of the squirrels and chipmunks favorite foods, so as you can see oak trees also attract wildlife to your yard. Another wonderful thing about an oak tree is once you have planted it, due to its hardiness, an oak tree will grow for years.
