Southern Red Oak
Quercus falcata
Fagaceae (Beech Family)
▲ mature tree
▲ young tree
▲▼ leaves
▲▼ leaves
▲▼ trunk and bark (young tree above, mature tree below)
Location near Missouri State University campus: at Close Park at Botanical Center
Quercus falcata:
Southern Red Oak
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leaves alternate, deciduous, simple, with deep lobes more toward upper portion
of leaf than base
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stems reddish brown, angled, pubescent
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bark is brown, shallowly furrowed; has upright branching growth habit
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found native in dry, infertile soils, and in bottomland (var. pagodifolia—also
has more deeply lobed leaves)
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fast growth rate, native to southeast Missouri