Species: Quercus shumardii

  • Oak, Shumard

    INDEX POINTS FOR THIS TREE are higher than those shown for the champion because they reflect measurements taken below the multiple trunks. Official measurement would only count one of those trunks, therefore it is not officially the champion. This species, one of the largest Southern red oaks, was named for Benjamin F. Shumard, an early…

  • Oak, Shumard

    This species, one of the largest Southern red oaks, was named for Benjamin F. Shumard, an early state geologist of Texas. The Shumard Oak is found in the eastern part of the state on well-drained, alluvial soils and on fertile slopes. It forms a tall, wide-spreading rather open head. The BARK is dark, rough, divided…

  • Oak, Shumard

    This species, one of the largest Southern red oaks, was named for Benjamin F. Shumard, an early state geologist of Texas. The Shumard Oak is found in the eastern part of the state on well-drained, alluvial soils and on fertile slopes. It forms a tall, wide-spreading rather open head. The BARK is dark, rough, divided…

  • Oak, Shumard

    This species, one of the largest Southern red oaks, was named for Benjamin F. Shumard, an early state geologist of Texas. The Shumard Oak is found in the eastern part of the state on well-drained, alluvial soils and on fertile slopes. It forms a tall, wide-spreading rather open head. The BARK is dark, rough, divided…

  • Oak, Shumard

    This species, one of the largest Southern red oaks, was named for Benjamin F. Shumard, an early state geologist of Texas. The Shumard Oak is found in the eastern part of the state on well-drained, alluvial soils and on fertile slopes. It forms a tall, wide-spreading rather open head. The BARK is dark, rough, divided…