Description
Scarlet Oak ... Quercus coccinea ... Large fast-growing Oak with an open, wide spreading habit ... More round than Pin Oak and larger foliage ... Features a brilliant display of colour in autumn , as the foliage turns intensely a vivid scarlet colour ... This species has C shape sinuses between lobes , pin oak (Q. palustris) has "U"-shaped sinuses ... Scarlet Oak acorns are half covered by a deep cap ... Endemic to central and eastern United States