Name: Quercus rubra	Description: Family:  Growth Form: 60 to 90 feet tall, 1 to 1 1/2 feet in diameter, with a rounded crown. Stems: Stout, spreading branches forming a rounded crown. Leaves: Dull green above, paler below, with some hairs; elliptical; 4-9 inches long and 3-6 inches wide with 7-11 shallow, wavy lobes; a few bristles at tips. Flower Arrangement:  Flowers:  Petals: Stamens:  . Pistil:  Fruits: Acorn reddish- or brownish-green, egg-shaped; less than one-third enclosed in reddish-brown cup of blunt scales.	Discussion: The Northern Red Oak is a handsome and popular ornamental; it is fast-growing and tolerates a variety of difficult conditions, from soot and city dirt to cold temperature. This is an important timber species, used in making furniture and floors as well as pulpwood, fence posts, and pilings.
Image:	Location: Habitat: In a variety of siol conditions, from moist to loamy areas to rocky and even clay soils; often in pure stands. Range: Minnesota to Cape Breton Island; south to North Carolina and in mountains to Georgia; west to E. Oklahoma.	Waypoint:  N 38 degrees 34.755 minutes W 89 degrees 04.146 minutes Elevation 475 feet

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