Quercus rubra L. 1753
Fagaceae
(APG IV)Northern red oak, red oak
Taxon concept: Schmeil-Fitschen 2019
Distribution: eastern Canada; eastern United States
Quercus rubra L. - Accepted: Quercus rubra L. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Fagaceae (Zander 2008)Quercus rubra L. - Accepted: Quercus rubra L. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Fagaceae (APG III)Quercus rubra L. - Accepted: Quercus rubra L. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Fagaceae (APG III)Quercus rubra L. - Accepted: Quercus rubra L. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Fagaceae (APG IV)Quercus rubra L. - Accepted: Quercus rubra L. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Fagaceae (APG IV)Quercus rubra L. - Accepted: Quercus rubra L. bei BfN Checklist Flora DE; Familie: Fagaceae (APG IV)
- Flowers
- monoecious
- Flower ecology
- wind-pollinated (anemophilous)
- Life form
- woody, tree
- Foliage persistence
- deciduous
- Fruits
- acorns
- Fruit ecology
- gravity-dispersed (barochorous) and animal-dispersed (zoochorous) (by grey squirrels and blue jays)
- Root type
- strongly developed taproot
- Natural occurrence (habitat)
- pine-oak forests; dry slopes, sandy plains; edges of floodplains
- Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)
- temperate, mixed mesophytic forests
- Endangerment of alien taxon in the region
- invasive
- Usage
- ornamental shade tree; wood is widely used for furniture, flooring and construction; very good firewood
- Phytopathogenic organisms
- susceptible to Oak Wilt caused by the fungus Ceratocytis fagacearum
- Bark
- grey to greyish-brown bark with shallow vertical furrows
Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN) (1999-2001 and ongoing): Floraweb - Daten und Informationen zu Wildpflanzen und zur Vegetation Deutschlands. www.floraweb.de.; Erhardt, W., Götz, E., Bödeker, N. & Seybold, S. (2008): Der große Zander. Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. Band 2. Arten und Sorten. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart (Hohenheim), 18. Aufl., 2103 S.; The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org; Courtesy to IPNI, 2009. Exported from IPNI at date: 2009-09-22 20:17:51; The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org;
Last update:
Taxonomic update: Helmut Dalitz on: 19.7.2021Update of the description: Helmut Dalitz; Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 13.3.2019In the list below you will find the geographic coordinates of many wild growing plants in the garden. In these cases the points are marked in the map. If the date of observation is too old, than plants may have disappeared.| Locality | Datum (ISO) | Agent | Lat. | Long. | Projekt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hohenheimer Gärten – Schlosspark9 | 2021-05-25 | Nathalie Hund | 48,71083 | 9,2119 | Bachelorarbeit |
| Hohenheimer Gärten – Schlosspark6 | 2021-06-17 | Nathalie Hund | 48,71118 | 9,21173 | Bachelorarbeit |
| Hohenheimer Gärten – Schlosspark29 | 2022-05-28 | Nathalie Hund | 48,71066 | 9,21463 | Bachelorarbeit |