| Scientific Name: | Quercus rubra |
| Common Name: | red oak |
| Family Name: | Fagaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 22 - 30m x 15 - 25m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Specimen plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Elliptic, Ovate, Cleft (parted) |
| Flowers: | Catkin (ament), Green-yellow, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Edible, Nut, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, most obovate, most blades 15-20cm long x 10-15cm wide; 7-11 major lobes (each have 1-3 smaller lobes or teeth), bristle-tipped, most major sinuses 1/3 to 1/2 way to midrib (not as deep as pin oak). Winter ID: branching upright (45 degree angle); persistent or fallen leaves; twigs reddish-brown, glabrous; buds brown to dark reddish-brown, scale margins may have pubescence; leaf scars raised, half-round with scattered bundle scars. | |