Compare sources for Quercus palustris

NE United States; 0-350 m; introduced in Europe in 1800;

15-20 m tall (may reach 40 m); crown conical, with lower branches drooping, upper branches ascending;

Deciduous. Medium to lrage tree often 80’ tall
Drooping lower branches (similar to coccinea and ellipsoidalis)

7.5-13 x 5-10 cm; apex obtuse or acuminate; base cuneate;2-3 pairs of pointed lobes and deep U-shaped sinuses reaching three-quarters the distance to the midvein; lobes at middle leaf are wider, at right angle with the midrib; shiny green above, paler beneath with light brown tufts of hairs at axils of veins; petiole slender, glabrous, 3-5 cm long;

• small 5 1/2”
• deeply lobed, lobes often recurved
• underleaf light green, tufts of hair along midvein

acorn 1.2 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, rounded, often striate; one or several together, on short peduncle; cup shallow with appressed scales, covering the base of the small nut;

5/8” - small
cup shallow tightly scaled

spring;

persistent small branchlets common along trunk and branches
dark gray with broad fissures
relatively smooth even on large trees

relatively slender, reddish
relatively crooked with many short spur twigs (pins)

small, sharp, and hairless

Locally common in moist lowland and poorly drained upland sites in wild.
Very commonly cultivated.
Zones 4-8

–A.Camus : 421 – Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae ; – Resembles Q.coccinea , but it is easy to distinguish it from other red oaks = in the middle of the tree, the branches are at a right angle with the trunk, while the branches of the upper part of the tree are directed upwards, and the branches of the lower part are inclined towards the ground; – Several hybrids, among them x exacta with Q.imbricaria , and x schochiana with Q.phellos ;