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|accepted_name=Quercus coccinea
|accepted_authority=Münchhausen
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Hausvater
|place=5(1): 254. 1770
|year=1770
}}
|common_names=Scarlet oak
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Quercus coccinea var. tuberculata
|authority=Sargent
}}
|hierarchy=Fagaceae;Quercus;Quercus sect. Lobatae;Quercus coccinea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fagaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Quercus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Quercus sect. Lobatae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Quercus coccinea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> deciduous, to 30 m; lower trunk without stubs of dead branches. <b>Bark</b> dark gray to dark brown, irregularly fissured with scaly ridges, inner bark orangish pink. <b>Twigs</b> reddish brown, (1-)2-3.5 mm diam., glabrous. <b>Terminal</b> buds dark reddish brown, conic to ovoid, 4-7 mm, noticeably 5-angled in cross section, usually silvery- or tawny-pubescent distal to middle. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 25-60 mm, glabrous. <b>Leaf</b> blade elliptic to ovate or obovate, 70-160 × 80-130 mm, base obtuse to truncate, margins with 5-9 deep lobes and 18-50 awns, lobes distally expanded, sinuses usually extending more than 1/2 distance to midrib, apex acute; surfaces abaxially glabrous except for minute axillary tufts of tomentum, adaxially glossy light green, glabrous, secondary veins raised on both surfaces. <b>Acorns</b> biennial; cup turbinate to hemispheric, 7-13 mm high × 16.5-31.5 mm wide, covering 1/3-1/2 nut, outer surface light to dark reddish brown, glossy, glabrous to puberulent, inner surface light brown, glabrous, occasionally with ring of pubescence around scar, scales often tuberculate, base broad, glossy, margins strongly concave with tips tightly appressed, acute to attenuate; nut oblong to subglobose, 12-22 × 10-21 mm, glabrous, with 1 or more rings of fine pits at apex, scar diam. 6.5-13.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Poor soils, well-drained uplands, dry slopes, and ridges, occasionally on poorly drained sites
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>Trees having acorns with broad, distinctly warty cups are sometimes classified as <i>Quercus coccinea</i> var. tuberculata Sargent.</p><!--
--><p><i>Quercus coccinea</i> reportedly hybridizes with <i>Q. imbricaria</i>, <i>Q. ilicifolia</i> (= Q. ×robbinsii Trelease), <i>Q. laevis</i>, and <i>Q. palustris</i> (E. J. Palmer 1948) and with <i>Q. phellos</i>, <i>Q. rubra</i>, and <i>Q. velutina</i> (= Q. ×fontana Laughlin).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Quercus coccinea
|author=
|authority=Münchhausen
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Quercus coccinea var. tuberculata
|basionyms=
|family=Fagaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Poor soils, well-drained uplands, dry slopes, and ridges, occasionally on poorly drained sites
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Hausvater
|publication year=1770
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_747.xml
|genus=Quercus
|section=Quercus sect. Lobatae
|species=Quercus coccinea
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