Quercus texana seed

LATIN NAME: QUERCUS TEXANA

COMMON NAME: Texas Red Oak

The Texas red oak flames the tall, deciduous tree with the deeply lobed, glossy, dark-green leaves that turn the brilliant red and the scarlet through the autumn, the leaves flaming the broad crown, the small, green catkins opening through the spring, the small, round, brown acorns following. The tree grows quickly into the broad, rounded crown, and it stands the heat and the dry spells well. It likes the sun, and the deep, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The scarlet autumn colour of the Texas red oak gives it a recognised place in the research on the warm-climate fast-growing oaks of the red oak group, and the texana species appears in the studies of the red pigment build and the shade-tree value. The work looks at the way the lobed leaves flame the broad crown, the quick growth, and the seed biology. The horticulturists value the blaze, and the growers of the warm-climate street and shade trees keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the warm, open ground, the Texas red oak flames the autumn garden with the red leaves. The scarlet foliage lights the season, the acorns feed the birds and the small mammals, and the timber serves the furniture and the fuel. It thrives in the deep, well-drained, sunny ground. Red-flamed, quick and shade-giving.

To grow the Texas Red Oak from seed, sow the acorns into the deep, gritty drills of the cold frame in the autumn, then cover them well, keep the frame cool and gently watered.

Sow the acorns into the deep, gritty drills of the cold frame, and give the young trees the open, sunny spot. The flame leaves come within a few seasons. , and the young trees come through over the spring. The flame leaves will scarlet through the autumn.

Quercus texana   Quercus nuttallii