Index / Search / Quercus coccinea
§1 Plant
Quercus coccinea Münchh.
vernacular scarlet oak — species · Fagaceae
§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§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 ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Bullock 01011
- Chambers 01017
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- Clay 01027
- Cleburne 01029
- Colbert 01033
- Coosa 01037
- Cullman 01043
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Etowah 01055
- Fayette 01057
- Franklin 01059
- Jefferson 01073
- Lamar 01075
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marion 01093
- Marshall 01095
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Talladega 01121
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Winston 01133
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 ▾
- Bartholomew 18005
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Fulton 18049
- Harrison 18061
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Lagrange 18087
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marshall 18099
- Martin 18101
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Pulaski 18131
- Starke 18149
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Wabash 18169
- Washington 18175
- White 18181
Kentucky view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boyd 21019
- Bracken 21023
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carroll 21041
- Carter 21043
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henderson 21101
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Johnson 21115
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Logan 21141
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Nelson 21179
- Nicholas 21181
- Oldham 21185
- Owsley 21189
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Taylor 21217
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Wayne 21231
- Webster 21233
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Arenac 26011
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Calhoun 26025
- Cheboygan 26031
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Gladwin 26051
- Gratiot 26057
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iosco 26069
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lake 26085
- Lapeer 26087
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ontonagon 26131
- Osceola 26133
- Oscoda 26135
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- St. Joseph 26149
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Mississippi view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Bollinger 29017
- Butler 29023
- Carter 29035
- Clay 29047
- Crawford 29055
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Madison 29123
- Oregon 29149
- Perry 29157
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Francois 29187
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Avery 37011
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Currituck 37053
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Mitchell 37121
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Belmont 39013
- Carroll 39019
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Delaware 39041
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Guernsey 39059
- Harrison 39067
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Mahoning 39099
- Meigs 39105
- Monroe 39111
- Morgan 39115
- Muskingum 39119
- Noble 39121
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Vinton 39163
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Clay 47027
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Dyer 47045
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Maury 47119
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Robertson 47147
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 96 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Braxton 54007
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Lewis 54041
- Marion 54049
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Mingo 54059
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Nicholas 54067
- Pendleton 54071
- Preston 54077
- Putnam 54079
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tyler 54095
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
- Wyoming 54109
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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