Scarlet Oak Scientific Name: Quercus coccinea
Description: A medium-sized tree in the North, 40-50' or in advantageous circumstances 170' high, with a trunk diameter of 4'. The dark brown bark with very irregular, shallow furrows, thick and rough, internally reddish, the trunk rather massive, often with grayish patches, the limbs heavy, quite horizontal below, ascending to a round-topped head above.
Habitat: Found in dry, sandy or gravelly soil.
Range: Western Maine south to North Carolina and Illinois, west to eastern Nebraska.
Type: Tree Source:Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs by F. Schuyler Mathews
Photograph: Chris Evans, University of Georgia from www.forestryimages.org. |
