What is Shumard Red Oak?
Shumard Red Oak is a member of the quercus fagaceae or beech. The botanical name of the tree is quercus shumardii . It was named after Geologist Texas Benjamin Franklin Shumard. Some people call the SHUMARD Dub, the marsh red oak or the spotted oak. Shumard red oaks often grow naturally in wet, acidic lower soils. The landscapes choose them for their large figure and thick canopy of glossy leaves. Often spreads its canopy to 40 feet (about 12 m) or more. The tree in South Carolina in the United States is record -breaking because it reached approximately 155 feet (46 m) high, with a diameter of more than 6 feet (about 2 m). The crown span measured about 115 feet (35 m) across. The other SHUMARD oak trees were dated for about 480 years. Most of the symmetrical deep lobes. Usually lobes end with bristle teeth or tips similar to thorn and the smallest lobes are near the end of the stem of the leaf. Shumard Red Oak can range from 6 to 8 inches (about 15 to 20 cm) or more. FoliageIn autumn it usually changes dark red or reddish brown.
Shumard Red Oak is a monooecious, which means that women and male flowers are carried on the same plant. Small yellow or beige female flowers are carried individually, in pairs or in groups called Racems. Likewise, small tree flowers grow in separate trailers of approximately 6 inches (15 cm) long. Fertilized female flowers often evolve into acorns.
One method of oak identification is the examination of acorns. Ahle acorns Shumard Red Oak Tree are generally ovate or egg -shaped and diameter 0.8 and 1.3 inches (about 1.5 and 3 cm). The cap is a plate and scales, cupping about one third of the main end of the matrix. Typically, oak nuts develop very slowly and can take more than two years to fully mature. Shumard Red Oak Tree does not produce acorns until it is about 25 years old and reaches full acorn production until it is almost 50 years old.
Most literature states that it is originally from parts of the southeastern US, which sometimes gives it to how it extends to the north as Ohio. The Map of the Ministry of Agriculture of the United States shows that it is growing in Ontario, Canada and several northern US states. Although the plant appears to resist temperature fluctuations, gardeners often find that if the soil is not acidic enough, it may not survive.