The Southern Red Oak is a member of the red oak group. This tree is also known as the Spanish Oak. The tree is large (75 feet) with a bole diameter of three feet or more. The trunk is dark and somewhat furrowed. Leaves are five to twelve inches long with three lobes at the tip and hairy underneath. The acorns are less than an inch long with saucer-shaped caps which have fine gray hairs. The buds are three-eighths inch in length, pointy and with gray hairs.

The growing region is from Texas to Virginia. Oak is a hardwood providing a major portion of the annual lumber in the United States. Oak trees are generally slow-growing and long-lived and tend to be relatively resistant to diseases and insects. Tannin is a major produce from oak bark.