Northern Red Oak Scientific Name: Quercus rubra
Description: The tallest of the northern oaks 50-80' and in rich woods occasionally 140' high, with a trunk diameter of 2-6', the trunk branching often at quite a distance from the ground, the many rather heavy branches irregular and ascending, or in the open, nearly horizontal. Bark on very young trees nearly smooth grayish brown, on old trees dark brown, or dark gray brown, the perpendicular furrows shallow, the ridges flat-topped, coarse, rather long and somewhat regularly set - distinctly different in this respect from the shaggy character of Pale bark; the inner bark ruddy. The new twigs are terra-cotta, or ocher brown, the older ones sepia brown, or often gray.
Habitat: Common in rich or rocky woods.
Range: Eastern and central United States to northern Florida and Texas.
Type: Tree Source:Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs by F. Schuyler Mathews
Photograph: Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Service from www.forestryimages.org. |
