Red Oak
- Botanical Name
- Quercus rubra
- Hardiness
- Zones 3b to 7
- Height
- 60 to 75 feet
- Width
- 60 to 75 feet
- Flowers
- May: pale yellow-green catkins - male, inconspicuous spikes - female
- Fruit
- Acorn, short cap sits on nut-like red beret
- Fall Color
- Russet to red, often yellow-brown
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained, acidic, sandy
- Planting & Care
- Transplants readily
- Prune in winter
- Pollution tolerant
- Problems
- OAK WILT, chlorosis in alkaline soils, galls, 2-line chestnut borer
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