Southern Red Oak

Southern Red Oak

Quercus falcata

Fagaceae (Beech Family)

▲ mature tree

▲ young tree

▲ ▼ 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

leaves alternate, deciduous, simple, with deep lobes more toward upper portion of leaf than base
stems reddish brown, angled, pubescent
bark is brown, shallowly furrowed; has upright branching growth habit
found native in dry, infertile soils, and in bottomland (var. pagodifolia--also has more deeply lobed leaves)
fast growth rate, native to southeast Missouri