GLEBE TREES AND SHRUBS


Red oak (Quercus rubra)

Leaves

May 15, 2008 on Queen Elizabeth Drive between Fifth Avenue and Landsdowne Park May 15, 2008 on Queen Elizabeth Drive between Fifth Avenue and Landsdowne Park White-coloured and rust-coloured hair visible where veins meet midline.

Buds

Same location. Unlike bur oak, the buds stick out.

Bark

The bark looks like someone pasted flat strips on. Features indicating that this is red oak include the moderate round notches, the end lobe about equal length to the internotch length, and tufts of hair at the midline of the undersurface. These were very obvious on some leaves, especially when rust colour. On others, it appears white, and absent on many leaves the same tree. The lobes have bristle tips. I would like confirmation that this is red oak.

Similar species

List of trees and shrubs with alternate, simple, untoothed leaves