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.
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Native
Category:
Tree
Flower Color:
Identified by:
J.D. Mancini
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