Quercus coccinea: Scarlet Oak: ENH-703/ST545, 2/2014

Abstract

Able to reach a height of 75 feet and a spread of 45 to 60 feet, Scarlet Oak is so-named for its beautiful, red-colored fall leaves. Fairly smooth grey bark in youth roughens to a dark brown or black on the trunk of older specimens which can be four feet in diameter. Leaves are more deeply lobed than Quercus rubra but otherwise the trees look very much alike. The crown should be built like many other Oaks with a central trunk and lateral branches well spaced at two or three foot intervals. Original publication date November 1993.