Fagaceae
Southern red oak
Quercus falcata
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- سنديان منجلي
- arz
- سنديان منجلى
- Chinese
- 南方紅橡, 南方红橡, 南方红栎
- Czech
- Dub srpovitý
- English
- Southern red oak, Spanish oak, Bottomland red oak, Three-lobed red oak
- French
- Madison oak
- Georgian
- Სამხრეთის წითელი მუხა
- German
- Sichelblättrige Eiche
- Hungarian
- Sallangoslevelű tölgy
- Latvian
- Spāņu ozols
- Persian
- بلوط سرخ جنوبی
- Spanish
- Roble español, Roble rojo del Sur
Synonyms
- Quercus aurea Raf.
- Quercus cuneata var. falcata Dippel
- Quercus digitata Sudw.
- Quercus elongata Willd.
- Quercus falcata f. angustior E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.
- Quercus falcata f. cuneata Trel.
- Quercus falcata f. houbae Trel.
- Quercus falcata f. obovata Trel.
- Quercus falcata f. triloba (Michx.) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.
- Quercus falcata var. falcata
- Quercus falcata var. ludoviciana A.DC.
- Quercus falcata var. triloba (Michx.) Nutt.
- Quercus falcata var. typica A.Camus
- Quercus hudsoniana Dippel
- Quercus hypophlaeos Petz.
- Quercus nigra var. digitata Marshall
- Quercus nigra var. falcata Kuntze
- Quercus nigra var. triloba Kuntze
- Quercus nobilis hort. ex K.Koch
- Quercus rubra f. falcata Trel.
- Quercus rubra f. triloba (Michx.) Trel.
- Quercus rubra var. montana Marshall
- Quercus rubra var. triloba (Michx.) Ashe
- Quercus triloba Michx.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 11 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Carrie Seltzer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kristi Zoebelein, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Luka S. (someplant), CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nonbinary-Naturalist, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Jeff Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Scott Ward, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Altairisfar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Woodlot, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.