Quercus shumardii
- noun
- Specialized
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roble de Shumard
- The lobed leaves of Quercus shumardii turn a brilliant red in the fall.
Examples
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The Quercus shumardii is valued for its strong wood and shade in urban landscapes.
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The Quercus shumardii is commonly known as Shumard oak.
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Many parks in the southeastern United States have planted Quercus shumardii to support local wildlife.
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Many parks feature the Quercus shumardii for its beautiful foliage.
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Many parks in the southeastern United States have planted Quercus shumardii to support local wildlife.
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The Quercus shumardii is valued for its strong wood and shade in urban landscapes.
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The lobed leaves of Quercus shumardii turn a brilliant red in the fall.
Synonyms
A large oak tree from the southern and eastern United States with lobed leaves and large acorns
A large oak tree with deep lobed leaves that turn red in autumn
A large North American tree with deep lobed leaves that grows in wet lowlands
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Quercus + shumardii
The genus name 'Quercus' transparently signals 'oak', so a learner who knows the constituents can infer this is a kind of oak; however 'shumardii' is a Latinized proper epithet with no independent lexical meaning, so the detailed properties (large deciduous red oak, leaf shape, acorn size) cannot be derived. Binomial species names are cross-linguistically similar, allowing the general class to be understood but not the full descriptive sense.
Etymology
Quercus shumardii gets its name from two parts: Quercus means 'oak' and shumardii comes from the last name Shumard, so the full name literally means 'Shumard's oak' and is the name for this large red oak.