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Plants
A wet-flat oak with deeply cut leaves and stubborn dead lower branches angled down.
Field facts
HabitatWet flatwoods, swales, street plantings
RangeStatewide
When to lookDeep red autumn colour, late
StatusSecure (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesNorthern Red Oak, Scarlet Oak
Field note: Drooping lower limbs form a skirt no other Indiana oak matches.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
Standing dead limbs host beetles and woodpeckers — leave them.
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