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Landscape Trees
Northern Red Oak
(Quercus rubra)

 

Form

Picture of Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) tree form.

Fruit and leaf structure

Picture closeup of Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) fruit and leaf structure.

Pin Oak fruit (Quercus palustris), left, compared to Northern Red Oak fruit, right.

Picture closeup comparison showing Pin Oak (Quercus palustris) fruit at one-quarter size of Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) fruit.

Flowers and new leaves

Picture closeup of Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) flowers and new spring leaves.

Comparison of Pin Oak leaf (Quercus palustris), left, to Northern Red Oak leaf, right.

Picture of Pin Oak (Quercus palustris) leaf structure compared to fuller Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra).

Form in fall color

Picture of Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) tree form in fall red color.

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