1. The Northern Red Oak can easily be identified by its unique bark. The bark is typically a dark reddish gray brown, and is scaly with broad, thin, rounded ridges. The bark is recognizable because of these ridges, which appear to have shiny stripes running down their center.
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    Northern red oak is easy to recognize by its bark, which features ridges that appear to have shiny stripes down the center. A few other oaks have bark with this kind of appearance in the upper tree, but the northern red oak is the only tree with the striping all the way down the trunk.
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    Bark The Northern Red Oak's bark can be identified by its dark brownish-red color and veiny structures. These structures are about half an inch in diameter and run up the trunk of the tree.
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    Northern red oak is easy to recognize by its bark, which features ridges that appear to have shiny stripes down the center. A few other oaks have bark with this kind of appearance in the upper tree, but the northern red oak is the only tree with the striping all the way down the trunk. See more

    Quercus rubra, the northern red oak, is an oak tree in the red oak group (Quercus section Lobatae). It is a native of North America, in the eastern and central United States and southeast and south-central Canada. It has … See more

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    The species grows from the north end of the Great Lakes, east to Nova Scotia, south as far as Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, … See more

    Over the last few decades, the northern red oak has dealt with several environmental factors, mainly disease, predation by insects, and limited opportunities for … See more

    It is the state tree of New Jersey and the provincial tree of Prince Edward Island.
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    In many forests, Quercus rubra grows straight and tall, to 28 metres (92 feet), exceptionally to 43 m (141 ft) tall, with a trunk of up to 50–100 centimetres (20–39 inches) in diameter. Open-grown trees do not get as tall, but can develop a stouter trunk, up to 2 m … See more

    “Northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.) is monoecious, dichogamous, wind-pollinated, and self-incompatible”. Pollination occurs … See more

    The northern red oak is one of the most important oaks for timber production in North America. Quality red oak is of high value as lumber and veneer, while defective logs are … See more

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    The Quercus rubra tree, commonly referred to as the northern red oak, is known for its dark reddish gray-brown bark with scaly, broad, thin, rounded ridges. The ridges have shiny stripes running down their center. This tree also exhibits …