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Quercus falcata

Southern Red Oak

Pronunciation
KWER-kus fal-KAY-tuh
Family
Genus
Nativity

New Jersey, Florida, west to Missouri and Texas

Growth Habit

Large tree with a crowned outline.

Hardiness
7
Culture

Thrives in dry soils and full sun. Common in dry woods and in the southeast piedmont.

Facultative Status
Facultative Upland
Landscape Use

Great specimen for dry areas and wildlife value in the nuts. Native to the poorer, dry soils of the Piedmont.

Foliage

lustrous dark green in summer. Retains brown leaves in fall and through winter. Leaves have a cup-shaped base, 5-7 lobed, terminal lobe often much long:fall

Buds

Buds are imbricately scaled, acute, reddish brown, and pubescent towards the apex.

Bark

Gray and deeply furrowed in older trees. Younger stems are somewhat smooth and nearly glabrous.

Flower

Insignificant monoecious flowers appear in spring in male catkins (yellowish green) and in female clusters (red tinged).

Fruit

Acorns are sharply pointed and born both singly and in pairs. ID is the striation on the nut of the acorn.

Propagation

Seed, cuttings.

Pests
None serious.

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