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Quercus falcata, also called southern red oak, spanish oak, [4] bottomland red oak or three-lobed red oak is an oak (part of the genus Quercus).Native to the southeastern United States, it gets its name the "Spanish Oak" as these are the areas of early Spanish colonies, whilst "southern red oak" comes from both its range and leaf color during late summer and fall. [5]
Quercus alba is sometimes confused with the swamp white oak, a closely related species, and the bur oak. The white oak hybridizes freely with the bur oak, the post oak, and the chestnut oak. [5] Detailed description. Bark: Light gray, varying to dark gray and to white; shallow, fissured and scaly.
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.
However, the two species are now recognized to significantly differ in several key morphological and ecological features. Cherrybark oak occurs on moist, bottomland sites, while southern red oak typically occurs in drier uplands sites with poor soil. Leaves of southern red oak generally have rounded (U-shaped) bases and fewer, more irregularly ...
The young bark of the Shumard oak is light gray, very smooth, and very reflective. Shumard oak bark darkens and develops ridges and furrows as it ages. Occasionally, white splotches are seen on the bark. [6] Shumard oak twigs terminate in a cluster of buds. The buds are lighter in color than the olive-green twigs. The young twig is highly ...
Quercus ajoensis C.H.Mull. – Ajo Mountain shrub oak, Blue shrub oak – Arizona, New Mexico, Baja California; Quercus alba L. – white oak – eastern and central North America; Quercus aliena Blume – Oriental white oak – eastern Asia; Quercus alpescens Trel. – Mexico; Quercus ariifolia Trel. – Mexico; Quercus arizonica Sarg.
The bark resembles that of the white oak. The leaves are broad ovoid, 12–18 centimetres (4 + 3 ⁄ 4 –7 inches) long and 7–11 cm (2 + 3 ⁄ 4 – 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) broad, always more or less glaucous on the underside, and are shallowly lobed with five to seven lobes on each side, intermediate between the chestnut oak and the white oak. In ...
Quercus buckleyi, commonly known as Texas red oak, Buckley's oak, or Spanish oak [4] [5] is a species of flowering plant. [6] [7] It is endemic to the southern Great Plains of the United States (Oklahoma and Texas). [8] Buckley's oak is smaller and more likely to be multitrunked than its close relative, the Shumard oak (Q. shumardii).