NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details

Quercus shumardii

Scientific Name:	Quercus shumardii
Genus:	Quercus
Species Epithet:	shumardii
Common Name:	Shumard Oak, Shumard’s Oak, Shumard Red Oak, Swamp Red Oak, Spotted Oak
Plant Type	Tree
Life Cycle	Perennial
Plant Family	Fagaceae (Beech Family)
Native/Alien:	NC Native
Invasive Status:	^(*Key)
Size:	72-100 ft., More than 100 ft.
Bloom Color(s):	Red, Green, Brown
Light:	Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day, Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day
Soil Moisture:	Dry, Moist
Bloom Time:	April
Growing Area:	Mountains, Piedmont, Sandhills, Coastal Plain
Habitat Description:	Moist and fertile soils of bottomlands and lower slopes, also in xeric sites over calcareous rocks (such as limestone). Infrequent to locally fairly common in the NC Piedmont and along brownwater rivers in the Coastal Plain, though mainly along the Roanoke and Cape Fear rivers there. Generally rare or locally uncommon elsewhere in the Coastal Plain (including the Sandhills, if present there). Extremely rare to absent from the western Piedmont westward. Most numerous in the floodplains of the Roanoke and Cape Fear rivers and major tributaries, into the Piedmont.
Leaf Arrangement:	Alternate
Leaf Retention:	Deciduous
Leaf Type:	Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like
Leaf Form:	Simple
Life Cycle:	Perennial
Wildlife Value:	Highest Wildlife Value
Landscape Value:	Highly Recommended and Available
State Rank:	S4: Apparently secure ^(*Key)
Global Rank:	G5 - Secure ^(*Key)
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Links:	USDA PLANTS Database Record

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