FAGACEAE 

 Southern Red Oak 

 Quercus falcata Michx. (Quercus rubra L. in part) 



HABIT. A medium-sized tree 70-80 feet high and 2-3 feet 

 in diameter (max. 120 by lYz feet); large, rounded crown. 



LEAVES. Deciduous; obovate to ovate; 5-10 inches long; 

 lobed in 2 ways often found on same tree: (1). shallowly 3-lobed 

 at apex, (2.) deeply and irregularly 5-7 lobed with falcate lobes; 

 lobes bristle-tipped; dark green above, gray-green and white- 

 or red -woolly below. 



FRUIT. Maturing in 2 years; sessile or nearly so; acorn Vi 

 inch long, orange-brown, subglobose; enclosed at base or to 

 Yi length in thin, shallow cup with red-brown, hairy scales; 

 inner surface of nut shell woolly; kernel bitter. 



TWIGS. Stout; red-brown. Winter buds: Va-V^ inch long, 

 red-brown. 



BARK. Thick; nearly black; deeply furrowed with broad, 

 scaly ridges (scaly in the important "cherry-bark" variety 

 pagodaefolia Ell.) ; inner bark slightly yellow. 



WOOD. Important (especially varieties); similar to Q. borealis. 



SILVICAL CHARACTERS. Similar to Q. velutina; dry to 

 wet sites. 



Shumard Oak 

 Quercus shumardii Buckl. 



HABIT. A large tree 80-100 feet high and 3-5 feet in diameter 

 (max. 180 by 8 feet); open, wide-spreading crown. 



LEAVES. Deciduous; obovate to oblong; 6-8 inches long; 

 5-7 lobed with sinuses extending more than halfway to midrib; 

 lobes toothed and bristle-tipped; dark green above, paler below; 

 glabrous, except along midrib. 



FRUIT. Maturing in 2 years; sessile or nearly so; acorn 

 %-lV4 inches long, red-brown, ovoid; enclosed at base in thick, 

 shallow cup with appressed scales; inner surface of nut shell 

 woolly; kernel bitter. 



TWIGS. Slender to stout; gray; glabrous. Winter buds: V4 

 inch long, gray, ovoid, often angled. 



BARK. Thick; deep, dark brown furrows, with scaly, pale 

 gray ridges; on younger trees nearly black. 



WOOD. Important; similar to Q. borealis. 



SILVICAL CHARACTERS. Similar to Q. velutina; moist 

 sites. Passing into the variety texana (Buckl.) Ashe in southern 

 Oklahoma and central Texas. 



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