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§1 Plant

Quercus coccinea Münchh.

vernacular scarlet oak — species · Fagaceae


USDA
QUCO2
GBIF
8326061
Rank
species
scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea)
Platephotograph · Matt TomlinsonCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Fagaceae Dumort.
Genus
Quercus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 688 counties across 26 states/territories
Legend Native · 688 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
High
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-28 °F minimum
Frost-free days
160 min.
Precipitation
30–55 in/yr
pH range
4.5–6.9
Root depth
48 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Stem
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Long
Mature height
70 ft
Height @ 20 y
30 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
235
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Medium
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Medium
Lumber
Yes
Fuelwood
High
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 688 counties across 26 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 40 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 4 N
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Georgia view state ↗ 23 N
Illinois view state ↗ 16 N
Indiana view state ↗ 29 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 62 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N
Michigan view state ↗ 42 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 16 N
Missouri view state ↗ 25 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 20 N
New York view state ↗ 26 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 54 N
Ohio view state ↗ 49 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 55 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 14 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 47 N
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N
Virginia view state ↗ 96 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 40 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 4 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/QUCO2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/8326061 ↗

Record version

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