Quercus rubra -- (Northern Red Oak)


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 Scientific Name:  Quercus rubra
 Common Name:  Northern Red Oak
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  Yellow
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Soil Type prefered:  Loam, Clay
 Drought Tolerance:  Medium
 Flower Conspicuous:  No
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Low
 Moisture Use:  Medium
 Shade Tolerance:  Intermediate
 Active Growth Period:  Spring, Summer
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  None
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  Low
 Bloom Period:  Mid Spring
 Commercial Availability:  Routinely Available
 Cold Stratification Required:  Yes
 Fall Conspicuous:  Yes
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  100
 Foliage Color:  Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  Medium
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Summer
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  Yes
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Fall
 Fruit/Seed Color:  Brown
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  No
 Fire Tolerance:  High
 Foliage Texture:  Medium
 Growth Form:  Single Stem
 Growth Habit:  Tree
 Growth Rate:  Moderate
 Height at 20 Years, Max. feet:  36
 Height, Mature (feet):  100
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Long
 Max. Planting Density/Acre:  800
 Min. Planting Density/Acre:  300
 pH (Maximum):  6.5
 pH (Minimum):  4.3
 Precipitation (Minimum):  32
 Resprout Ability:  Yes
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  36
 Salt Tolerance:  None
 Shape and Orientation:  Erect
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed per Pound:  125
 Seed Spread Rate:  Slow
 Seedling Vigor:  Medium
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -28
 Toxicity:  None
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  None
 Propagation:  Bare Root, Container, Seed
 Palpable: (eatable)  Browse Animal (Medium)
 Uses:

 Where Found in S.E. MN:

 Category:  Dicot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Magnoliopsida
 Order:  Fagales
 Family:  Fagaceae
 Genus:  Quercus

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