Also called swamp Spanish oak, although do not confuse with sister-species ◼︎ southern red oak  Quercus falcata which is also sometimes called that.  One of the ◼︎ red oaks.

Part of oak  genus Quercus in beech / oak  family Fagaceae in bayberry / beech / birch / oak / walnut  order Fagales.

Native to midwestern and mid-Atlantic 🇺🇸 USA.   ▭ 🌎︎ Map (North America, Central America),  Adobe Acrobat Reader file ▭ 🌎︎ today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA).

In this area:

  • do not move firewood (ever), and
  • do not prune February through June (Texas) or April 15 through July 15 (🇺🇸 USA Midwest and East),
due to possible infestation by oak wilt disease (OWD)  Bretziella fagacearum.

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)   Leaves and acorns ☠︎ toxic[?] to humans, although many cultures process acorns to remove their tannins, making acorns an important staple food.

Quercus hosts caterpillars of 534 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.   This plant is also known to be a host for (in areas where invasive) 🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF)  Lycorma delicatula.

Interview "Our Most Essential Trees: The Nature of Oaks, with Doug Tallamy"  The joe gardener Show.  or its 🔊︎ audio

Planting info (SW Michigan).  Adobe Acrobat Reader file

Learn more about pin oak Quercus palustris

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🏠︎ 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🍁︎ simple ♧ lobed with ∧ pointed tips oak branches  genus Quercus ◼︎ southern red oak  Quercus falcata

🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF)  Lycorma delicatula