Arbor Day Tree Giveaway, Gulf Shores & Orange Beach, Alabama The City of Gulf Shores event Saturday, February 21 Gulf Coast Eco Center from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., or until all trees have been distributed. Residents of each household that reside within the Gulf Shores corporate limits may select three different trees from five different varieties: 🌳 Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) 🌳 Willow Oak (Quercus phellos) 🌳 Nuttal Oak (Quercus texana) 🌳 Shumard Oak (Quercus shumardii) 🌳 Overcup Oak (Qu

The willow oak (Quercus phellos) is a state-endangered species in Pennsylvania (rank S2). It occurs rather abundantly in the tiny sliver of the Atlantic coastal plain that stretches into the very southeastern corner of PA. But because most of this coastal plain region in PA has been developed, fragmented, or otherwise extensively disturbed, their wild populations are relatively low in number. Willow oak does quite well as a street and landscape tree here in Philadelphia and suburbs (even into th