#1169 most planted
Quercus borealis
Northern red oak · also Common red oak, Red oak
102
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
7.3 in
median trunk (19 cm, 100 measured)
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This is a temperate oak tree that prefers good, slightly acidic soil. Its taxonomy is complex; sources associate the name 'Quercus borealis' with both North American and European species, leading to conflicting native range information.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1020.03%—7.3 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Soil
- Acidic
Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.3 in, mean 8.5 in, 90th percentile 17 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Quercus in the catalogue
74 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
