Quercus shumardii Buckley

South Ontario; Eastern and Central USA; introduced in Europe in 1908;

15-30 m tall and more; rounded open crown;

8-18 x 6-13 cm; leathery; obovate to broad-elliptic; 3-5 pairs of lobulate, bristle-tipped, toothed lobes with deep sinuses; apex acute; base obtuse to acute; lustrous dark green, hairless above; paler, glabrous beneath except large axillary tufts of rusty hairs; red at fall; petiole hairless 3-6 cm long;

spring

acorn 1.8-2.8 cm long, with dark brown streaks; short-stalked; usually solitary; enclosed 1/4 by cup; cup 1.8-30 mm in diameter, with greyish pubescent, pointed, appressed scales; maturing in 2 years;

hardy; all types of soils, but prefers moist and rich ones; rather fast-growing;

– A. Camus : n° 426; – Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, Series Coccineae; – Resembles Q.velutina ; – Benjamin F. Shumard (1820-1869) : geologist in Texas ; – Numerous hybrids, mainly with Q.falcata (= x joori ), Q.imbricaria (= x egglestoni ), Q.palustris ( = x mutabilis ), Q.phellos (= x moultonensis ), Q.velutina (= x discreta ), Q.marilandica (= x hastingsii ), Q.nigra (= x neopalmeri) ; – Allied to Q. rubra and Q. coccinea , from which it differs in having pale buds, large axillary tufts on the leaf-undersides, and the shape of acorns;