Shumard Red Oak

Scientific Name:   Quercus shumardii


Red Oak group (acorns mature in two years, pointed-lobed leaves tipped with bristles, bark and wood dark). Prominent tufts of tan hairs (tomentum) on leaf undersides in vein axils. Marcescent leaves (retention of dead leaves beyond autumn). Clustered terminal buds (like all oaks).

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Shumard Red Oak


Genus species: Quercus shumardii
Common Name: Shumard Red 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
Identified by:W. Bryant
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