Hoyt Arboretum, Portland, Oregon, USA

Common name: Chinese evergreen oak, bamboo-leaf oak

Family: Fagaceae

Distribution: southeastern China to Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, Japan

Habitat: Forest, occurring up to 900m

IUCN Red list: Least concern

Hardiness: Zone 6b -5 to 0 F

Life form: Broadleaf evergreen tree

Usage: Ornamental shade tree

Comments: Bamboo-leaf oak is a broadleaf evergreen tree, to 20-30’ tall, spread similar, rounded crown. Leaves alternate, simple, lanceolate to elliptical, 5-10 cm long and 2-4 cm wide, apex long-acuminate, base rounded, margin with short erect teeth, 10-12 pairs of veins, leathery, shiny green above (new leaves purple-bronze); petiole 1-2 cm long. Acorns 2-4 together, narrowly ovoid, about 20 × 8 mm, cap has 3-6 concentric rings, ripen in first year.
Best grown in full sun to part shade in well-drained soil.