Oak, Scarlet
Category: Downtown Arboretum
Quercus coccinea
56 Trees
Details
Noteworthy Characteristics
Quercus coccinea, commonly called scarlet oak, is a large tree with a rounded, open habit which eventually matures to 70' tall. Leaves are 3-6" long and deeply cut with bristle-tipped, pointed lobes. Foliage is a glossy green in summer turning to scarlet in fall. Monoecious, with neither male (drooping catkins) nor female (solitary or clustered) flowers being showy. Fruit is an acorn (1/2" to 1" long). Native to southeastern Missouri.
Genus name comes from the classical Latin name for oak trees.
Specific epithet means scarlet.
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