Quercus coccinea

Fagaceae

Coastal Plain, Mountain, Piedmont

Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

Tall Tree (Canopy)

40 - 75ft

50 - 75ft

Green, Yellow

Nut/Nut-like; Brown, Red

Full Sun

Loamy, Sandy

Dry, Moist

May - June

scarlet

xeric uplands and slopes

acorns food for wildlife; Leaves turn rich red in autumn; attractive as an ornamental but difficult to transplant; deer browse the leaves and twigs; the acorns are eaten by deer, black bear, racoon, all the squirrels, and even by rabbit and opossum as well as smaller rodents; the