Quercus coccinea Muenchh.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Fagaceae

• Scientific Name

  Quercus coccinea Münchh.

• Description

  Species Description - Tree to 25 m, the twigs soon glabrescent; inner bark red; lvs glabrous or with minute tufts of stellate hairs in the vein-axils beneath, deeply 7–9-lobed, the lobes oblong or more often somewhat broadened distally, each with a few bristle-tipped teeth or shallow lobes, the sinuses rounded, the upper often much wider than the lower; upper edge of the lf-lobes forwardly arcuate; acorn-cup turbinate, 16–22 mm wide, smooth inside, covering about half the 1.5–2 cm nut; scales relatively large, closely appressed, soon losing most of their pubescence, the cup becoming glossy. Dry upland soil, commoner ne.; sw. Me. to Ga., w. to s. Mich., Mo., and Miss.

• Common Names

  scarlet oak