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|familia=Fagaceae
|genus=Quercus
|species=coccinea
|common_name=Scarlet Oak
|habit=tree
|Min ht metric=cm
|Min ht metric=cm
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|image=Quercus coccinea2.jpg
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|image_caption=Leaves and male catkins in spring
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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.
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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.
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.
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==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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Image:ScarletOakLeafAcorn.jpg|Leaf and acorn
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