Red Oak

Red oak may refer to:

  • Lobatae, a group of oak trees
  • Quercus rubra, the northern red oak, a tree native to southeastern Canada and the northeastern United States
  • Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous snake species found in North America

Red Oak may refer to several place names in the United States:

  • Red Oak, Georgia
  • Red Oak, Iowa, a town in southwestern Iowa
  • Red Oak, North Carolina
  • Red Oak, Oklahoma
  • Red Oak, Texas
  • Red Oaks Mill, New York

Famous quotes containing the words red and/or oak:

    “If the red slayer think he slays,
    Or if the slain think he is slain,
    They know not well the subtle ways
    I keep, and pass, and turn again.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “I could lecture on dry oak leaves; I could, but who would hear me? If I were to try it on any large audience, I fear it would be no gain to them, and a positive loss to me. I should have behaved rudely toward my rustling friends.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)