Fagaceae
Scarlet oak
Quercus coccinea
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
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Common names
By language (17)
- Chinese
- 北美鮮紅橡, 北美鲜红橡
- Czech
- Dub šarlatový
- Danish
- Skarlagen-Eg
- Dutch
- Scharlaken eik
- English
- Scarlet oak, Red oak
- Finnish
- Purppuratammi
- French
- Chêne écarlate
- Georgian
- Სკარლეტის მუხა
- German
- Scharlach-Eiche, Scharlacheiche
- Hungarian
- Bíbor tölgy, Skarlát tölgy, Szabdaltlevelű vöröstölgy
- Icelandic
- Skarlatseik
- Latvian
- Šarlaksarkanais ozols
- Lithuanian
- Purpurinis ąžuolas
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skarlageneik
- Polish
- Dąb szkarłatny
- Spanish
- Roble escarlata
- Swedish
- Blodek, Scharlakansek
Synonyms
- Quercus acuta Raf.
- Quercus coccinea var. cucullata Petz. & G.Kirchn.
- Quercus coccinea var. pendula Petz. & G.Kirchn.
- Quercus coccinea var. rugelii A.DC.
- Quercus coccinea var. tuberculata Sarg.
- Quercus coccinea var. undulata Petz. & G.Kirchn.
- Quercus palustris Rugel ex A.DC.
- Quercus rubra var. coccinea (Münchh.) Aiton
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.