Scarlet Oak is a large native deciduous tree with a straight trunk and an open rounded crown.  The deeply cut dark green foliage with bristle tipped lobes turns scarlet in fall.  The acorns have a deep bowl-shaped cups that cover half the acorn.  Best grown in full sun and sandy, dry to medium well-drained acidic soils.  

Quercus coccinea supports a wide variety of moths and butterflies, including: the Imperial Moth, Banded Hairstreak, Edward's Hairstreak, Gray Hairstreak, White-M Hairstreak, Horace’s Duskywing, and the Juvenal’s Duskywing. 

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low Maintenance.  Highly susceptible to oak wilt, but resistant to chlorosis.  Problems including Leaf spots, anthracnose, canker, mildew, rust, wilts, rots, galls and numerous pests may occur.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Gardens,  Privacy Screen, and Shade Tree.

COMPANION PLANTS: Crape Myrtle, Serviceberry, Magnolia

IMAGES:  Photo by James St. John, Quercus coccinea (scarlet oak) 1, (2) El Grafo, Quercus coccinea ÖBG 09-07-16, CC BY-SA 3.0, (3) Anders Lagerås, Scharlakanseklov, CC BY-SA 3.0, (4) Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, Scarlet Oak (31193582651), CC BY 2.0, (5) Famartin, 2014-11-02 14 18 05 Scarlet Oak during autumn along Hunters Ridge Drive in Hopewell Township, New Jersey, CC BY-SA 4.0, (6) Crusier, Quercus coccinea bark, CC BY-SA 3.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown