Scarlet Oak

Scientific Name:   Quercus coccinea


Red Oak group (acorns mature in two years, pointed-lobed leaves tipped with bristles, bark and wood dark).

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Scarlet Oak


Genus species: Quercus coccinea
Common Name: Scarlet Oak
Family Name: Fagaceae  
Deciduous trees; leaves alternate, simple, stipulate; flowers unisexual, regular, in catkins or spikes or solitary; fruit a nut subtended by an involucre (spiny bur or scaly cup).
Seed Type Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Tree
Flower Color:
Identified by:J.D. Mancini
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