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 all hearts were open and all desires known—as they would be if people showed their souls—how many gapings, sighings, clenched fists, knotted brows, broad grins, and red eyes should we see in the market-place!”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)
“Yet poetry, though the last and finest result, is a natural fruit. As naturally as the oak bears an acorn, and the vine a gourd, man bears a poem, either spoken or done. It is the chief and most memorable success, for history is but a prose narrative of poetic deeds.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)