Quercus shumardii
Shumard oak
Silviculture
(silvics courtesy of Silvics Manual, USFS)
Fire
Effects On
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Virginia Tech w/Photos
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North American Timber Types
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The Great American
Hardwood Forest
(courtesy About Forestry)
Recent Champion: 190' height, 88' spread, 249" circumf., Overton
Park Forest, Memphis, TN
National Register of Big
Trees
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
Shumard Oak Online
(Nurseries selling seedlings online)
Range Map
-The native range of shumard oak, USFS.
Quick Stats
Common Names: Common names are spotted oak, Schneck oak, Shumard red oak,
southern red oak, and swamp red oak
Habitat: It is a lowland tree and grows scattered with other hardwoods on moist,
well-drained soils
Description: It grows moderately fast and produces acorns every 2 to 4 years that are
used by wildlife for food
Uses: Superior to most red oaks, but it is mixed indiscriminately with other red oak
lumber and used for the same products
Image
(images courtesy of Steve Nix and About.com)
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