Common name: Scarlet Oak

Year planted: 2001

Country of origin: USA, Maine to Georgia and west to Indiana

Year introduced: Sent to Europe in 1691

Description: A large tree up to 25m in good conditions but slow in this situation due to its exposed position. Its smooth grey bark eventually becomes fissured on older trees. The leaves are divided into angular lobes with sharp tipped points and turn scarlet in the autumn.

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Tree number: 148