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Photographer: Paul Drobot
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Family Fagaceae
Quercus rubra L.
northern red oak
Quercus: Latin for oak
rubra: Latin for red
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | perennial, deciduous tree to 98' tall; gray to dark gray bark with wide, shiny ridges separated by shallow fissures, inner bark pinkish |
| Flower: | dark reddish brown, terminal, oval to elliptic buds; blooms in spring |
| Fruit: | acorns biennial, saucer- to cup-shaped cup covering 1/4-1/3 of the nut; oval to oblong nut |
| Leaf: | oval, elliptic to obovate in outline, bases almost flat, edges with 7-11 lobes and 12-50 sharp points; lobes mostly oblong and less than 1/2 way to the rib; underside pale green, upper side dull green |
| Habitat: | medium moisture to dry; slopes, uplands |
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