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Quercus alba, the white oak, is one of the preeminent hardwoods of eastern and central North America. It is a long-lived oak , native to eastern and central North America and found from Minnesota , Ontario , Quebec , and southern Maine south as far as northern Florida and eastern Texas . [ 3 ]
The genus Quercus contains about 500 known species, plus about 180 hybrids between them. [1] The genus, as is the case with many large genera, is divided into subgenera and sections. Traditionally, the genus Quercus was divided into the two subgenera Cyclobalanopsis, the ring-cupped oaks, and Quercus, which included
An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus Quercus of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn , borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere; it includes some 500 species, both deciduous and evergreen .
Quercus alba, the species most commonly known as the white oak; Quercus bicolor, swamp white oak; Quercus arizonica, Arizona white oak; Quercus garryana, Oregon white oak or Garry oak; Quercus lobata, California white oak or valley oak; Quercus polymorpha, Mexican white oak or Monterrey oak; Lagunaria patersonia, the Queensland white oak
Quercus sect. Quercus has been known, either in whole or part, by a variety of names in the past, including Quercus sect. Albae, Quercus sect. Macrocarpae and Quercus sect. Mesobalanus. Members of the section may be called white oaks. The section includes all white oaks from North America (treated by Trelease as subgenus Leucobalanus). [2]
Common oaks are red oak (Quercus rubra), white oak (Quercus alba), and black oak (Quercus velutina).Other trees include hickories (Carya spp.), red maple (Acer rubrum), sugar maple (Acer saccharum), white ash (Fraxinus americana), tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), American beech (Fagus grandifolia), black cherry (Prunus serotina), black birch (Betula lenta), black tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica ...
The Quercus petraea tree responsible for French oak. The species of oak typically used for American oak production is the Quercus alba which is a white oak species that is characterized by its relatively fast growth, wider grains and lower wood tannins.
Quercus alba Deeded to itself by Col. William H. Jackson circa 1832 This scion of the original tree was planted by the Junior Ladies Garden Club in 1946 National Register of Historic Places 1975 Athens Historical Landmark 1988