Quercus coccinea
scarlet oak
Silviculture
(silvics courtesy of Silvics Manual, USFS)
Fire
Effects On
(courtesy of U.S. Forest Service, Fire Effects)
North American Timber Types
(courtesy About Forestry)
The Great American
Hardwood Forest
(courtesy About Forestry)
Oak
Wood Tech Sheet
(fact sheet courtesy of USFS in .pdf)
Tree
and Oak Images
(courtesy of ForestryImages.org)
Historic
Oak Images
(courtesy of University of Chicago and the Library of Congress)
Buy a
Scarlet Oak Online
(Nurseries selling seedlings online)
Range Map
-The native range of scarlet oak, USFS.
Quick Stats
Common Names: black oak, red oak, or Spanish oak.
Habitat: Found on a variety of soils in mixed forests, especially light sandy and
gravelly upland ridges and slopes.
Description: Best development is in the Ohio River Basin.
Uses: Lumber is mixed with that of other red oaks.
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