Willow oak is a member of the red oak family with willow-shaped leaves. The fine foliage of the willow oak is 1 of its best ornamental features. The willow oak has excellent texture, rounded form, attractive bark and beautiful winter features. Widely used as a shade tree and for avenue plantings, the fast-growing willow oak can reach over 60 ft. H with more than a 30 ft. to 40 ft. spread. The pyramidal shape in youth gives way to a rounded canopy in middle and old age, with lower branches droopi