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The '''Scarlet Oak''' (''Quercus coccinea'') is an [[oak]] in the [[List of Quercus species#Section Lobatae|red oak]] section ''Quercus'' sect. ''Lobatae''. The scarlet oak is often confused with the Pin Oak, the Red Oak, and occasionally the Black Oak. It is mainly native to the eastern [[United States]], from southern [[Maine]] west to eastern [[Oklahoma]], and south to southern [[Alabama]]. It is also native in the extreme south of [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. It occurs on dry, sandy, usually [[acid]]ic soils. It is a medium-large [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 20-30 m tall with an open, rounded crown. The [[leaf|leaves]] are glossy green, 7-17 cm long and 8-13 cm broad, lobed, with seven lobes, and deep sinuses between the lobes. Each lobe has 3-7 bristle-tipped teeth. The leaf is hairless (unlike the related [[Pin Oak]], which has tufts of pale orange-brown down where the lobe veins join the central vein). The [[acorn]]s are ovoid, 7-13 mm broad and 17-31 mm long, a third to a half covered in a deep cup, green maturing pale brown about 18 months after [[pollination]]; the kernel is very bitter. Scarlet Oak is often planted as an [[ornamental tree]], popular for its bright red fall color. The [[wood]] is generally marketed as red oak, but is of inferior quality, being somewhat weaker and not forming as large a tree. {{Inc| Quercus coccinea, Muench. Scarlet Oak. Figs. 3308, 3309. Tree, to 80 ft., with gradually spreading branches forming a round-topped rather open head: Ivs. deeply divided by wide sinuses into 7-9 rather narrow, oblong or lanceolate, few-toothed lobes, bright green and glossy above, light green and glabrous beneath, 4-8 in. long: fr. short-stalked, ovoid to oblong-ovate,1/2-3/4in. long, embraced about one-half by the almost glabrous cup. Maine to Fla., west to Minn, and Mo. S.S.8:412, 413. Em. 1:163.—Especially valuable for its brilliant scarlet fall coloring; grows well in dryish situations. Hybrids of this species with Q. rubra and Q. velutina have been found. }} ==Cultivation== <!--- Type cultivation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Propagation=== <!--- Type propagation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Pests and diseases=== <!--- Type pest/disease info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ==Species== <!-- This section should be renamed Cultivars if it appears on a page for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc --> ==Gallery== {{photo-sources}}<!-- remove this line if there are already 3 or more photos in the gallery --> <gallery> Image:ScarletOakLeafAcorn.jpg|Leaf and acorn Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__
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