Introductory
SPECIES: Quercus coccinea | Scarlet Oak 



ABBREVIATION : 
QUECOC

SYNONYMS : 
   Quercus richteri Baenitz


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   QUCO2


COMMON NAMES : 
   scarlet oak
   spanish oak
   black oak


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of scarlet oak, a member of the
beech family (Fagaceae), is Quercus coccinea Muenchh.  [24,30].  Scarlet
oak has been placed within the the subgenus Erythrobalanus, or red
(black) oak group [20].  A rarely recognized variety, Quercus coccinea
var. tuberculata Sarg., is distinguished by thickened tuberculate scales
of the cup [5].

Scarlet oak hybridizes with the following species [24,30]:

  x Q. ilicifolia (bear oak):  Q. X robbinsii Trel.
  x Q. velutina (black oak):  Q. X fontana Laughlin
  x Q. palustris (pin oak)


LIFE FORM : 
Tree

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
In Maine's Official List of Endangered and Threatened Plants, scarlet
oak is listed under the administrative category, Special
Concern-Possibly Extirpated [13].


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Jennifer H. Carey, November 1992


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Carey, Jennifer H. 1992. Quercus coccinea. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Quercus coccinea | Scarlet Oak