Quercus rubra
northern red oak
Photos Used by Permission: Paul
Wray, ForestryImages.org
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Northern
Red Oak Habitat and Culture
(silvics courtesy of Silvics Manual, USFS)
Fire
Effects On Northern Red Oak
(courtesy of U.S. Forest Service, Fire Effects)
From Virginia Tech
w/Photos
(Big List courtesy of VT Dendrology)
North American Timber Types
(courtesy About Forestry)
The Great American
Hardwood Forest
(courtesy About Forestry)
Recent Champion: 134' height, 81' spread, 257" circumf., Great
Smoky Mountain National Park, NC
National Register of Big
Trees
Oak
Wood Tech Sheet
(fact sheet courtesy of USFS in .pdf)
Northern
Red Oak Images
(courtesy of ForestryImages.org)
Historic
Red Oak Images
(courtesy of University of Chicago and the Library of Congress)
Buy a
Red Oak Online
(Nurseries selling seedlings online)
Range Map
-The native range of northern red oak, USFS.
Quick Stats
Common Names: common red oak, eastern red oak, mountain red oak, and gray
oak
Habitat: Widespread in the East and grows on a variety of soils and topography.
Description: Moderate to fast growing, this tree is one of the more important lumber
species
of red oak and is an easily transplanted, popular shade tree with good form and dense
foliage.
Uses: flooring, furniture, millwork, ties, timbers, posts, pilings, pulp
