Northern Red Oak (Exploring Boston's Urban Forest)

Northern Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Summary ⁹

Distinguishing Features: Shallow and pointed lobes with bristles at tip, large acorns

Shape: Up to 75 feet tall, rounded outline
Branching: Alternate
Leaf: Lobed, 5 to 8 inches long, dark green, russet-red, yellow and tan in fall
Flower: Male flowers are drooping yellowish green catkins about 2-4 inches long, often occurring in groups of 3.
Bark: Brown to black on old branches and trunks, bark on young branches is smooth
Fruit or Seed: Acorn, up to 1.5 inches long

Source URL:
http://phillytreemap.org/
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/Plants/

Alternative names ¹⁰

Red oak, common red oak, eastern red oak, mountain red oak, gray oak

Fuentes y créditos

(c) Steven J. Baskauf, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/13132
(c) Steven J. Baskauf, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/15999
(c) AntÃ³nio Pena, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/8358282@N02/3235731853
(c) Steven J. Baskauf, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/18084
(c) jordie97, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC)
(c) Joshua Tewksbury, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), subido por Joshua Tewksbury
(c) Miroslav Deml, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/8923.jpg
(c) Steven J. Baskauf, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/13113
(c) earthwatchtrees, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA)
(c) USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center and the Biota of North America Program, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/1392604

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