|
Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
|
Family Fagaceae
Quercus coccinea Münchh.
scarlet oak
Quercus: Latin for oak
coccinea: Latin for red or scarlet
|
|
| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | perennial, deciduous tree to 98' tall; lower trunk without stubs of old branches, dark gray to dark brown bark irregularly cut with scaly ridges, inner bark orangish pink |
| Flower: | dark reddish brown, terminal, conic to oval shaped buds; blooms in spring |
| Fruit: | acorns biennial; turban-like to semi-circular cup covering 1/3-1/2 of the nut; oblong to roundish, smooth nut with 1 or more rings of pits around the tip |
| Leaf: | elliptic, oval or obovate in outline, blunt to slightly pointed base, edges with lobes 1/2 way to midrib, tip pointed, upper side glossy light green |
| Habitat: | dry; uplands, slopes, ridges; in usually well-drained poor soils |
| (Glossary) |
|
