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Shumard red oak

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Noun1.Shumard red oak - large deciduous red oak of southern and eastern United States having large seven-lobed to nine-lobed elliptical leaves, large acorns and medium hard coarse-grained wood
red oak - any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles


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FAMILY NAMES Quercus rubra of the Family Fagaceae OTHER NAMES Red oak, American red oak, Canadian red oak, gray oak, northern red oak, southern red oak, Spanish oak, swamp oak red oak, cherrybark oak, Shumard red oak, southern red oak, pin oak HEIGHT/WEIGHT Weight averages about 48 pounds per cubic foot.
Characteristics Species of red oak include northern red oak (Quercus rubra); southern red oak and Spanish oak (Quercus falcata); swamp red oak and cherrybark oak (Quercus falcata variation pagodaefolia) and shumard red oak (Quercus shumardii).
Cedar elm dominates, along with Shumard red oak, chinkapin, Osage-orange, and the Texas state champion green hawthorne.
 
 
 
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