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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
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Variety
|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-d0_s0" data-properties="tree duration;tree some measurement"><b>Trees,</b> deciduous, to 30 m;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="branch life cycle">lower trunk without stubs of dead branches.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="bark coloration;bark coloration;bark coloration;bark relief;ridge architecture or pubescence;inner bark coloration"><b>Bark </b>dark gray to dark-brown, irregularly fissured with scaly ridges, inner bark orangish pink.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="twig coloration;twig diameter;twig diameter;twig pubescence"><b>Twigs </b>reddish-brown, (1-) 2-3.5 mm diam., glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="terminal bud coloration;terminal bud shape;terminal bud shape;terminal bud shape;terminal bud some measurement;terminal bud shape;terminal bud coloration;terminal bud position;terminal bud position;terminal bud position;terminal bud position"><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.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="petiole some measurement;petiole pubescence"><b>Leaves:</b> petiole 25-60 mm, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade length;leaf-blade width;base shape;base shape;base shape;lobe quantity;lobe depth;awn quantity;awn depth;lobe size;distance quantity;distance quantity;apex shape"><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;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="surface pubescence;surface reflectance;surface coloration;surface pubescence;axillary tuft size">surfaces abaxially glabrous except for minute axillary tufts of tomentum, adaxially glossy light green, glabrous, secondary-veins raised on both surfaces.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="acorn duration"><b>Acorns </b>biennial;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="cup shape;cup shape;cup shape;cup width;cup width;nut quantity;outer surface coloration;outer surface coloration;outer surface coloration;outer surface reflectance;outer surface pubescence;outer surface pubescence;outer surface pubescence;inner surface coloration;inner surface pubescence;scale relief;base width;base reflectance;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;tip fixation or orientation">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;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pit nut shape;pit nut shape;pit nut shape;pit nut length;pit nut width;pit nut pubescence;pit width;scar diam;2n chromosome quantity">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 Quercus coccinea var. tuberculata Sargent.</p><!--
--><p>Quercus coccinea reportedly hybridizes with Q. imbricaria, Q. ilicifolia (= Q. ×robbinsii Trelease), Q. laevis, and Q. palustris (E. J. Palmer 1948) and with Q. phellos, Q. rubra, and Q. velutina (= Q. ×fontana Laughlin).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Quercus coccinea
|author=
|authority=Münchhausen
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Variety
|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-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V3/V3_747.xml
|genus=Quercus
|section=Quercus sect. Lobatae
|species=Quercus coccinea
|2n chromosome quantity=24
|acorn duration=biennial
|apex shape=acute
|awn depth=deep
|awn quantity=5;9
|axillary tuft size=minute
|bark coloration=dark gray;dark-brown
|bark relief=fissured
|base reflectance=glossy
|base shape=obtuse;truncate
|base width=broad
|branch life cycle=dead
|cup shape=turbinate;hemispheric
|cup width=×16.5-31.5;7mm;13mm
|distance quantity=/2;1
|inner bark coloration=orangish pink
|inner surface coloration=light-brown
|inner surface pubescence=glabrous
|leaf-blade length=70mm;160mm
|leaf-blade shape=elliptic;ovate or obovate
|leaf-blade width=80mm;130mm
|lobe depth=deep
|lobe quantity=5;9
|lobe size=expanded
|margin shape=acute;attenuate
|nut quantity=1/3;1/2
|outer surface coloration=light;dark reddish-brown
|outer surface pubescence=glabrous;puberulent
|outer surface reflectance=glossy
|petiole pubescence=glabrous
|petiole some measurement=25mm;60mm
|pit nut length=12mm;22mm
|pit nut pubescence=glabrous
|pit nut shape=oblong;subglobose
|pit nut width=10mm;21mm
|pit width=fine
|ridge architecture or pubescence=scaly
|scale relief=tuberculate
|scar diam=6.5mm;13.5mm
|surface coloration=light green
|surface pubescence=glabrous;glabrous
|surface reflectance=glossy
|terminal bud coloration=silvery;dark reddish-brown
|terminal bud position=distal;middle
|terminal bud shape=5-angled;conic;ovoid
|terminal bud some measurement=4mm;7mm
|tip fixation or orientation=appressed
|tree duration=deciduous
|tree some measurement=0m;30m
|twig coloration=reddish-brown
|twig diameter=2mm;3.5mm
|twig pubescence=glabrous
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