With the American red oak (Quercus rubra), the Tree of the Year - Dr. Silvius Wodarz Foundation has chosen an impressive tree species as Tree of the Year 2025. It fascinates not only with its elegant and colorful appearance, but also with its many positive characteristics and potential uses, as the foundation points out. “Thanks to its robust growth habit and ability to thrive in changing climatic conditions, the American red oak is particularly well suited to adapting to the challenges of climate change,” explains Stefan Meier, President of the Tree of the Year Foundation.
You can read a detailed article about the American red oak in the Yearbook of Arboriculture 2025, which will be published just in time for the German Tree Care Conference in May 2025. Traditionally, Prof. Dr. Andreas Roloff presents the respective annual tree in the “Yearbook of Arboriculture” and not only goes into the identifying features and ecology, but also into its use, medicine and mythology. It will be interesting to see what he finds out about the American red oak.