Other names: American red oak
Q. rubra is a large, broad, deciduous tree with deep green leaves in summer and red autumn colour. It has red-brown fruits called acorns.
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20m max. spread |
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25m max. height |
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20-40 years to maturity |
Quercus coccinea (Scarlet oak)
Q. coccinea is a rounded, deciduous tree with plated, pale grey-brown bark and glossy, elliptic, deeply lobed, mid-green leaves with bristle-tipped teeth and turning bright red in autumn. Rounded acorns are half-covered in a bowl-shaped cap.
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15m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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20-40 years to maturity |
Other names: Swamp Spanish oak
Q. palustris is a large, vigorous, broadly conical, deciduous tree with pendent lower branches, elliptic, glossy, deeply lobed, mid-green leaves turning scarlet to reddish-brown in autumn. Inconspicuous flowers in spring are followed by spherical, brown fruit in autumn.
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12m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
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