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Northern red oak

Northern red oak

Quercus rubra

  • Height: up to 25 m
  • Stem: grey-brown bark, smooth, only furrowed with age
  • Leaves: clearly and pointedly lobed, 10-22 cm long, reddish-brown tufts of hair on the underside, with long petioles (2-5 cm)
  • Buds: light brown, clustered at the end of the branch
  • Fruits/seeds: spherical, compact fruits with small fruit cups on short stalks, clustered in groups
  • Other: striking red autumn colouring

Eiche Roteiche Blatt Janina Deutschmann

Eiche Roteiche ganzer Baum Janina Deutschmann

Eiche Roteiche Rinde Janina Deutschmann

Roteiche Martina Gehret

Photos: Janina Deutschmann (1,2,3), Martina Gehret (4)