Service life is 30-plus years for adapted seed sources. This plant has an upright oval habit of growth. It does not have the drooping lower branches characteristic of pin oak. There is less concern over seed source as this plant is somewhat less susceptible to the alkaline soil-induced iron chlorosis, which causes serious problems for pin oak. This oak grows rapidly once established.
Red oak is stress-tolerant.
Service life is 30-plus years. Baldcypress is a deciduous conifer and has a conifer-like habit of growth. The growth habit is extremely pyramidal until the tree reaches 12 inches in trunk diameter. Only in moist sites does this tree have the characteristic cypress knees. This plant can survive in sidewalk cuts and is reasonably pest-free under urban situations.