. Common trees of New York. Trees; Trees. of New York 71 RED OAK Quercus rubra, Linnaeus THE RED Oak is one of the biggest, stateliest, and hand- somest trees of eastern North America. As early as 1740 it was introduced into Europe. The leaves are simple, alternate, 5 to 9 inches long, 4 to 6 inches wide, 7 to 9-lobed. Lobes are bristle-tipped and sepa- rated by clefts that reach halfway to midrib. The flowers appear with the leaves. The pollen- bearing are arranged in droopi n g tassels; the acorn-producing occur in few-flowered clusters on new growth. The fruit is an acorn maturing in two se
. Common trees of New York. Trees; Trees. of New York 71 RED OAK Quercus rubra, Linnaeus THE RED Oak is one of the biggest, stateliest, and hand- somest trees of eastern North America. As early as 1740 it was introduced into Europe. The leaves are simple, alternate, 5 to 9 inches long, 4 to 6 inches wide, 7 to 9-lobed. Lobes are bristle-tipped and sepa- rated by clefts that reach halfway to midrib. The flowers appear with the leaves. The pollen- bearing are arranged in droopi n g tassels; the acorn-producing occur in few-flowered clusters on new growth. The fruit is an acorn maturing in two seasons. The cup is wide, shallow, covered with overlapping reddish-brown scales, en- closing only base of nut. The nuts average one inch long, Yi to 24 of an inch wide, are flat a base and short-tipped at RED OAK Leaf, one-third natural size. Twig, one-half natural size. The bark on young stems is smooth, grayish or brown. On older trunks it becomes rough with furrows separating wide, smooth grayish to brownish ridges. The lateral branches are straight and ascend at about an angle of 45 degrees. The twigs are smooth and rich brown. The buds are }4 of an inch long, sharp-pointed, smooth, glossy, reddish-brown, without hairs. The wood is heavy, hard, strong, light reddish-brown, with light sapwood. It is used for furniture, interior finish- ing, ties, and general construction. The Red Oak has a wide distribution. It is found from Nova Scotia to Minnesota and Kansas south to Florida and Texas. This tree is found in rich woods and uplands across New York outside of the Adirondacks, where it occurs up to 1,500 feet, and in the Catskills up to 2,500 feet. Moist, porous, sandy to gravelly clay soils are its favorite homes. It is one of the most important timber trees of North Amer- ica, reaching a height of 150 feet and an age of 300 or more Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colora
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