Cherrybark oak
NativeQuercus pagoda
Beech (Fagaceae) · Oak · 80–120 ft
Knowing it
The tallest oak of the Bootheel bottomlands, with scaly bark like a black cherry's. Valued timber.
What a tree company sees
Very large; removals near structures call for a crane.
Recorded in 13 counties
- Barton County
- Bollinger County
- Butler County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Dunklin County
- Mississippi County
- New Madrid County
- Oregon County
- Perry County
- Ripley County
- Scott County
- St. Louis County
- Stoddard County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.