Quercus coccineaMünchh.

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WFO wfo-0000290235 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Quercus coccinea, photographed by Jeff Clark
fig. a Jeff Clark, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-28 / obs. 201345924
Quercus coccinea, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. b Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 193667132
Quercus coccinea, photographed by Michael J. Papay
fig. c Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181219085
Quercus coccinea, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. d Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174044072
Quercus coccinea, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. e Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 171700420
Quercus coccinea, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. f Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 170899482
Quercus coccinea, photographed by Jeff Clark
fig. g Jeff Clark, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171769361
Quercus coccinea, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. h Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 170234428

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Native range 28 botanical countries

Regions where Quercus coccinea is native: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin AlabamaArkansasConnecticutGeorgiaIllinoisIndianaKentuckyMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMississippiMissouriNew HampshireNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaOhioPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaTennesseeVermontVirginiaWest VirginiaWisconsin DelawareDistrict of ColumbiaRhode I.
Native distribution of Quercus coccinea, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Arkansas ARK
Connecticut CNT
Delaware DEL
District of Columbia WDC
Georgia GEO
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Kentucky KTY
Maine MAI
Maryland MRY
Massachusetts MAS
Michigan MIC
Mississippi MSI
Missouri MSO
New Hampshire NWH
New Jersey NWJ
New York NWY
North Carolina NCA
Ohio OHI
Pennsylvania PEN
Rhode I. RHO
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Vermont VER
Virginia VRG
West Virginia WVA
Wisconsin WIS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Quercus acuta Raf.
  • Quercus coccinea var. cucullata Petz. & G.Kirchn.
  • Quercus coccinea var. pendula Petz. & G.Kirchn.
  • Quercus coccinea var. rugelii A.DC.
  • Quercus coccinea var. tuberculata Sarg.
  • Quercus coccinea var. undulata Petz. & G.Kirchn.
  • Quercus palustris Rugel ex A.DC.
  • Quercus rubra var. coccinea (Münchh.) Aiton

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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