Fagaceae
Shumard oak
Quercus shumardii
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 沼泽红橡, 沼澤紅橡, 舒马克栎
- English
- Shumard oak, Shumard red oak, Shumard's oak, Schneck's oak, Schneck's red oak, Swamp red oak
- French
- Chêne de Shumard
- pdc
- Shumard-Eiche
- Polish
- Dąb Shumarda
- Russian
- Дуб Шумарда
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: Jeff Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kathy Marie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: pintobeans, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Julie McLaughlin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeff Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.