Quercus texana: Texas Red Oak: ENH-721/ST563, 10/2003

Abstract

Growing up to 80 feet tall with a 50 to 60-foot spread, Texas Red Oak forms a stately tree with a narrow, rather dense rounded canopy. This oak is similar to the Shumard Oak. The crown spreads with age becoming round at maturity. The four to eight-inch-long deciduous leaves are deeply-lobed (more so than Quercus rubra) and have bristles on the tips of some lobes. A lovely dark green during most of the year, Texas Red Oak puts on a vivid display of brilliant red to red-orange fall and winter foliage, providing a dramatic landscape statement. Original publication date November 1993.