Northern red oak

Quercus rubra

• Height: up to 25 m
• Stem: grey-brown bark, smooth, only furrowed with age
• Leaves: clearly and pointedly lobed, 10-22 cm long, reddish-brown tufts of hair on the underside, with long petioles (2-5 cm)
• Buds: light brown, clustered at the end of the branch
• Fruits/seeds: spherical, compact fruits with small fruit cups on short stalks, clustered in groups
• Other: striking red autumn colouring

Northern red oak - leaf
Janina Deutschmann

Northern red oak - whole tree
Photo: Janina Deutschmann

Northern red oak - bark
Photo: Janina Deutschmann

Northern red oak
Photo: Martina Gehret