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Quercus rubra, the northern red oak, is an oak tree in the red oak group (Quercus section Lobatae). It is a native of North America, in the eastern and central United States and southeast and south-central Canada.
An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus Quercus of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere; it includes some 500 species, both deciduous and evergreen. Fossil oaks date back to the Middle Eocene.
Quercus ellipsoidalis E.J.Hill – northern pin oak – eastern North America; Quercus elliptica Née – Mexico; Quercus emoryi Torr. – Emory oak – # southwestern U.S., northern Mexico; Quercus falcata Michx. – southern red oak or Spanish oak – southeastern North America; Quercus floccosa Liebm. – Mexico; Quercus flocculenta C.H.Mull ...
Quercus prinus - Chestnut Oak; Quercus rubra - Northern Red Oak; Quercus stellata - Iron Oak; Quercus velutina - Eastern Black Oak; Quercus alba - White Oak;
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They are often found on deep soils in a variety landscapes within their range. Trees are mainly oaks and hickories, with other species less abundant. Oaks include white oak (Quercus alba), northern red oak (Quercus rubra), post oak (Quercus stellata), chinkapin oak (Quercus muehlenbergii), and Shumard oak (Quercus shumardii).
Quercus palustris, also called pin oak, [4] swamp oak, or Spanish oak, [5] is a tree in the red oak section (Quercus sect. Lobatae) of the genus Quercus. Pin oak is one of the most commonly used landscaping oaks in its native range due to its ease of transplant, relatively fast growth, and pollution tolerance.
Northern red oak: Quercus rubra: 1950 [38] New Mexico: Piñon pine: Pinus edulis: 1949 [39] New York: Sugar maple: Acer saccharum: 1956 [40] North Carolina: Pine: Pinus: 1963 [41] North Dakota: American elm: Ulmus americana: 1947 [42] Northern Mariana Islands: Flame tree: Delonix regia: 1979 [43] Ohio: Ohio buckeye: Aesculus glabra: 1953 [44 ...