Shumard oak
NativeQuercus shumardii
Beech (Fagaceae) · Oak · 60–90 ft
Knowing it
A big handsome red oak of bottomlands and lower slopes, mostly southern and eastern Missouri. Good red fall color.
What a tree company sees
Strong wood and a sound structure; a better street tree than pin oak on alkaline ground.
Recorded in 55 counties
- Barry County
- Barton County
- Boone County
- Butler County
- Callaway County
- Camden County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Carter County
- Cedar County
- Clark County
- Cooper County
- Crawford County
- Dade County
- Dent County
- Dunklin County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Hickory County
- Howard County
- Howell County
- Iron County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Laclede County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- McDonald County
- Miller County
- Mississippi County
- Newton County
- Oregon County
- Ozark County
- Perry County
- Pettis County
- Phelps County
- Pike County
- Platte County
- Polk County
- Pulaski County
- Reynolds County
- Ripley County
- Saline County
- Scott County
- Shannon County
- St. Charles County
- St. Clair County
- St. Francois County
- St. Louis County
- Ste. Genevieve County
- Stone County
- Taney County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.