14. Red Oak – Quercus rubra

red oak is easy to recognize by its bark, which features bark ridges that appear to have shiny stripes down the center. Alternate, seven to nine-lobed, five to ten inches long, four to six inches broad; seven to eleven lobes tapering gradually from broad bases, acute, and usually repandly dentate and terminating with long bristle-pointed teeth; the second pair of lobes from apex are largest; midrib and primary veins conspicuous.