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northern red oak - large symmetrical deciduous tree with rounded crown widely distributed in eastern North America; has large leaves with triangular spiny tipped lobes and coarse-grained wood less durable than that of white oaks

Quercus borealis, Quercus rubra

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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There are 285 oaks recorded out of 502 trees total, making up 56.8% of the total composition, including white oak, northern red oak (Q.

Witness Tree Records for the Early Colonial Period (1623-1700) of Eastern Virginia

"The Northern red oak survives longer winters, while the Shumard red oak does better farther south," said Dudley Phelps of Native Nurseries.

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When thinking about fall foliage, trees such as northern red oak and sugar maple, with their mixed palettes of blazing color, come to mind.

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Updated Quality Indexes for northern red oak and white oak were created by simulating green lumber board foot yields from a range of logs, which varied by diameter, length, and scaling defect.

Quality indexes for oak sawlogs based on green lumber grade yields

In mid- to high-elevations, wildfires or intentional burning following logging of northern hardwoods favored regeneration of helophytic tree species, such as oak (Quercus spp.), particularly, northern red oak (Quercus rubra) [8].

Developing a topographic model to predict the northern hardwood forest type within Carolina northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus) recovery areas of the southern Appalachians

The first visible sign of this process is often vertical cracks in otherwise smooth bark, a feature I noticed long ago on northern red oak I designate this as my fourth bark type.

The language of bark: the search for a better all-season field guide inspires a closer look at the unexpected beauty of bark

By contrast, acorns from the red oak (RO) subsection (including northern red oak, Quercus rubra) have high fat, high tannins, and germinate in the spring following fall maturation.

Acorn caching in tree squirrels: teaching hypothesis testing in the park

Short title: Wood discolouration in northern red oak trees subject to artificial pruning

Wood discolouration in relation to wound size in northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.) trees subject to artificial pruning

Overall, the red oak group (Quercus: Section Lobatae), and primarily northern red oak Q.

Rise and fall of red oak borer (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, USA