Red Oak

Red Oak

Quercus rubra

A native oak with strong structure, wildlife value, and excellent long-term landscape performance.

  • Rounded, broad-spreading, often irregular crown
  • Dark green leaves have sharply pointed lobes
  • Insignificant flowers (catkins) are followed by acorns
  • Foliage turns a red-brown in the fall
  • Commonly used for naturalizing, specimen
  • Grows best in full sun
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Plant Characteristics

Sunlight
Full sun
Soil Moisture
Moist, Average, Dry, Well-drained
Drought Tolerant
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Hardiness Zone
4 – 4
Mature Height (meters)
16.0 – 22.0
Mature Spread (meters)
15.0 – 20.0
Growth Rate
Medium
Foliage Colour
Green
Fall Colour
Red
Bloom Time
Spring
Habit
Mounding
Deer Resistant
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Rabbit Resistant
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Pollinator Friendly
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Attracts Birds
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Ontario Native
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Landscape Uses
Mass planting, Accent
Growing & Maintenance Tips
A slow-growing large specimen shade tree at maturity, it needs a large space in which to grow. Acorns are a favourite food of wildlife.

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