Fagaceae

Northern red oak

Quercus rubra L.

Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus

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Northern red oak (Quercus rubra) — FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (47)

Afrikaans: Amerikaanse rooi-eik
Arabic: بلوط أحمر
Armenian: Կաղնի կարմիր
arz: بلوط احمر
Asturian: Carbayu americanu
azb: قیرمیزی پالید
Azerbaijani: Qırmızı palıd
Basque: Haritz gorri, Haritz amerikarra, Haritz gorria, Amerikar haritz, Haritz amerikar, Ipar haritz, Ipar-haritz, Norteko haritz
Belarusian: Дуб чырвоны
Bulgarian: Червен дъб
Catalan: Roure americà
Chinese: 北美紅橡, 北美红橡, 北美红栎, 红槲栎, 北方紅橡, 赤橡木
chy: Oó'omêše
Czech: Dub červený
Danish: Rødeg, Rød-Eg
dsb: Cerwjeny dub
Dutch: Amerikaanse eik
English: Northern red oak, Red oak, American red oak
Esperanto: Ruĝa kverko
Estonian: Punane tamm, Põhjatamm
Finnish: Punatammi
French: Chêne rouge d'Amérique, Chene rouge d'Amerique, Chêne d'Amérique, Chêne rouge, Chêne rouge damérique
Galician: Carballo americano, Carballo rubio, Carballo rubio americano, Carballo vermello, Carballo vermello americano
Georgian: Ჩრდილოეთის წითელი მუხა
German: Roteiche, Amerikanische Roteiche, Rot-Eiche
hsb: Čerwjeny dub
Hungarian: Vörös tölgy, Amerikai tölgy, Amerikai vöröstölgy
Icelandic: Rauðeik
Indonesian: Pasang merah utara
Italian: Quercia rossa
Japanese: アカガシワ
Latvian: Sarkanais ozols
Lithuanian: Raudonasis ąžuolas
Luxembourgish: Routeech
Macedonian: Црвен даб
Norwegian Bokmål: Rødeik
Persian: بلوط قرمز شمالی
Polish: Dąb czerwony
Portuguese: Carvalho-americano
Russian: Дуб красный, Дуб северный, Красный дуб
Serbian: Crveni hrast, Црвени храст
Slovak: Dub červený
Slovenian: Rdeči hrast
Spanish: Roble americano, Roble rojo americano
Swedish: Rödek
Ukrainian: Дуб червоний
Welsh: Derwen goch

Synonyms

Erythrobalanus rubra (L.) O.Schwarz
Quercus acerifolia hort. ex Petz. & G.Kirchn.
Quercus ambigua F.Michx.
Quercus angulizana Raf.
Quercus angulizans Raf.
Quercus borealis F.Michx.
Quercus borealis f. flabellata (Croizat) Rehder
Quercus borealis var. flabellata Croizat
Quercus borealis var. maxima Ashe
Quercus borealis var. maxima (Marshall) Ashe
Quercus coccinea var. ambigua A.Gray
Quercus cuneata Dippel
Quercus maxima (Marshall) Ashe
Quercus rubra f. cuneata Trel.
Quercus rubra f. houbae Trel.
Quercus rubra f. juvenilis Trel.
Quercus rubra f. obovata Trel.
Quercus rubra var. ambigua (A.Gray) Fernald
Quercus rubra var. borealis (F.Michx.) Farw.
Quercus rubra var. hispanica Castigl.
Quercus rubra var. latepinnatifida Kuntze
Quercus rubra var. latifolia Aiton
Quercus rubra var. maxima Marshall
Quercus rubra var. pendula de Vos
Quercus rubra var. ramosissima Marshall
Quercus rubra var. rubra
Quercus rubra var. subserrata Lam.
Quercus sada [Mast.]

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 78 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: T. Hammer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Judy Gallagher, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joseph Savage, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Christian Pirkl, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: William J. Deml, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Hladac, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.