Minnesota Seasons - northern red oak


northern red oak				More photos…
Quercus rubra

Taxonomy	Family:	Fagaceae (beech)
	Subfamily:	Fagoideae
	Genus:	Quercus
	Subgenus:	Quercus
	Section:	Lobatae (red oak)
Subordinate Taxa	northern red oak (Quercus rubra var. ambigua) northern red oak (Quercus rubra var. rubra)

Identification	See the varieties for identifying information.

Range			Sources: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8.

Record	The champion northern red oak in Minnesota is on private property in the city of Houston, in Houston County. In 1988 it was measured at 93′ tall and 190″ in circumference (60½″ in diameter).

Sightings	Afton State Park Avon Hills Forest SNA North Unit Beaver Creek Valley State Park Boot Lake SNA Cannon River Turtle Preserve SNA Carver Park Reserve Charles A. Lindbergh State Park Chimney Rock SNA Crow Wing State Park Crow-Hassan Park Reserve Elm Creek Park Reserve Falls Creek SNA Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park Fort Ridgely State Park Great River Bluffs State Park Hardscrabble Woods/MG Tusler Sanctuary Hastings SNA John A. Latsch State Park Lake Bemidji State Park Lake Carlos State Park Lake Elmo Park Reserve Lake Louise State Park Lake Maria State Park Lebanon Hills Regional Park Long Meadow Lake Lost 40 SNA Louisville Swamp			Mary Schmidt Crawford Woods SNA Mille Lacs Kathio State Park Mound Prairie SNA Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve Myre-Big Island State Park Nelson Wildlife Sanctuary North Fork Zumbro Woods SNA Partch Woods SNA Philip J. Englund Ecotone Pin Oak Prairie SNA Pine Bend Bluffs SNA Prairie Creek Woods SNA Ottawa Bluffs Quarry Park SNA Rice Lake Savanna SNA Rushford Sand Barrens SNA St. Croix Savanna SNA Sakatah Lake State Park Shooting Star Prairie SNA Townsend Woods SNA Twin Lakes SNA Uncas Dunes SNA Wild River State Park Wolsfeld Woods SNA Wood-Rill SNA

Comments	This is the state tree of New Jersey and the provincial tree of Prince Edward Island.

Images
var. rubra

Synonyms	Quercus borealis Quercus maxima

Common Names	American red oak black oak buck oak Canadian red oak common red oak gray oak eastern red oak leopard oak Maine red oak mountain red oak northern red oak red oak Spanish oak spotted oak southern red oak swamp red oak water oak West Virginia soft red oak