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 Schmeil-Fitschen 2019; 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;
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 woody plants in the garden. In these cases the points are marked in the map. If no coordinates are listed, the coordinate of the point in the map marks the middle coordinate of the section.