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Botanical Name: Quercus rubra
Common Name: Red Oak
Major Deciduous Tree
Native Origin: Eastern United States and Canada
Height: 60’-80’
Spread: 60’-75’
Form: Round Canopy
Flowers: Yellow Green Catkin
Fruit: ¾” Acorns
Bark: Rough Furrowed Surface and Colored Gray to Dark Gray
Comments: Oak has strong structural properties and is valued in wood panels, flooring, furniture, load bearing mine timbers and other building uses. Most wood of strength are associated with slow growth and this is true in most cases, but red oak is an exception. The leafs of the red oak have pointed lobes and the white oak has rounded lobes marking identification of the two easy.