Shumard Red Oak

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

KS to S. MI, South to NC, FL and TX

Location

Jackson Grove, Houston and Grossman Ponds, Urban Tree Collection

Source of plant

Forrest Keeling Nursery, Doug Goldman, Ryan Russell, Cole Nursery, Princeton Nurseries, University of Guelph Arboretum, Schmidt & Son Co.

Description

Pyramidal tree in youth becoming more wide-spreading at maturity much like Q. coccinea that reaches 40-60' in height in landscape situations, to 100' in the wild. Difficult to separate from Q. palustris and Q. coccinea except by winter buds which are gray to straw-colored never reddish brown. Fall color varies from a good russet-red to yellow-bronze or faint reddish-brown. Acorns are ovate, 3/4-1" long, short-stalked, and covered only at the base by a hemishperical involucral cap.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

environmental stress resistance