Nuttall Oak (Quercus texana)

The display sign doesn’t show the current accepted botanical name for this specimen. Unfortunately for Latin-prone plant people, this oak has been bounced around the spectrum of red oak group trees. Nuttall Oak is native to the lower Mississippi valley but demonstrates good tolerance for northern conditions. At first glance you may think you are viewing a red oak pin oak, scarlet oak or a Shumard oak which explains the fact that oaks in North America freely hybridize. This specimen measured a circumference of 57-inches, 45-foot height, 37.5-foot crown spread and came out with 111-points and is located near the barn at the north end of Section 88.