This week we're looking at the "Southern red oak” or “Spanish oak,” Quercus falcata. There is one growing in my front yard here in Columbia. It’s a wonderful tree, must be 70 feet tall ...

The Southern Red Oak (Quercus falcata) in Great Falls spent most of its life — a reported 200+ years — well-lived and protected in the right-of-way along Georgetown Pike.

Red oaks had caught my eye, and I began asking why they weren't used more. Basically, I was told that people like evergreen trees, thus the live oaks, and color, thus the crepe myrtles.

Anlace/Wikimedia Commons. Red oak is included in a group of oaks (northern and southern red oaks) categorized by that same name. Other red oak family members include pin oak, Shumard oak, black ...

Common red oak species include Northern red, Southern red, pin, willow, and black oak. Prevalent species of white oak are chinkapin, bur, English, swamp, and live oak. The distinctions between the two ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The largest southern red oak in Knox County had to be felled Friday morning. Standing tall off of West Glenwood Avenue, the tree had provided shade and memories for ...

However, some are still holding out hope for the southern red oak. News13 asked McDonald how the community would feel if the tree were cut down. “It’s really another slap in our face, ...