What is the northern red oak?
Northern red oak is a large, deciduous tree that grows throughout the US and South Canada. His botanical name is Quercus rubra and is also known as Champion Oak, Ashford Oak and Chase Creek Oak. This tree is known for its fertile production of acorns during a fall that attracts wild animals such as deer, squirrels and chipmunks. The northern red oak is highly valued for its very hard timber, which is used in the construction of the building and for the production of furniture, floors and decks. The trunks of these trees can measure 40 inches (100 cm) across and occasionally grow up to 5 feet (1.5 m) across or even wider. This species is a very long living, with individual trees known to be 300 years old.
These trees are easily identified by their elongated dark green leaves that have seven and nine lobes. It is one of the last holidays to change color in autumn, although it changes the bland dark reddish brown. Red oak also holds its leaves longer than most other deciduous strohim. The bark of this tree is brownish gray or dark brown on older trees and grows in strips along the length of the trunk. The bark has a high content of tannic acid and in the past it has been used for colored skin in tanning factories.
northern red oak trees do not produce acorns until they are about 20 years old, although optimal production does not occur until they are about 50 years old. Large amounts are usually produced only every few years. If it stays on the ground, cold winter weather breaks the dormania of these nuts and in the spring counts of oak seedlings. Very few of these seedlings will survive to become trees because of overfilling, poor soil and insufficient sunlight.
These trees prefer acid soil and high humus content, although they will also grow in gravel or sandy soil and tolerate clay. They are not doing well in areas that are extremely wet or in a deep shadow. BlackVented oaks need bright sunlight and well -drained aluminum soils for optimal growth.
These trees are susceptible to damage to a gypsy moth and caterpillar of tents that can deforest large areas in one season. When the leaves are repeatedly consumed for two or three years, the tree can die. The northern red oak is susceptible to fungal diseases such as an oak defect that clogs the vessels that absorb water, causing the leaves to be brown and falling from the tree. This disease can kill a red oak tree per month or two. Trees that are infected with oak wilts must be destroyed, even if they can be used as firewood.