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Quercus garryana is an oak tree species named for Nicholas Garry, deputy governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. It is commonly known as the Garry oak, Oregon white oak or Oregon oak . The species is found in the Pacific Northwest , with a range stretching from southern California to southwestern British Columbia .
A mix of oak and pine tree species dominate the canopy, typically chestnut oak (Quercus prinus), Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana), and white pine (Pinus strobus), but sometimes white oak (Quercus alba) or scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea). Varying amounts of oaks and pines can result in oak forests, mixed oak–pine forests, or small pine forests.
Several oak trees hold cultural importance; such as the Royal Oak in Britain, [116] the Charter Oak in the United States, [117] and the Guernica oak in the Basque Country. [118] " The Proscribed Royalist, 1651 ", a famous painting by John Everett Millais , depicts a Royalist hiding in an oak tree while fleeing from Cromwell's forces.
Quercus montana, the chestnut oak, is a species of oak in the white oak group, Quercus sect. Quercus. It is native to the eastern United States , where it is one of the most important ridgetop trees from southern Maine southwest to central Mississippi , with an outlying northwestern population in southern Michigan .
Quercus lobata, commonly called the valley oak or roble, is the largest of the California oaks. It is endemic to the state, growing in interior valleys and foothills from Siskiyou to San Diego counties. [4] Deciduous, it requires year-round groundwater, [5] [6] and may live up to 600 years.
Quercus georgiana leaves Brown winter leaves on Georgia oak. The shiny green leaves are 4–13 centimeters (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –5 inches) long and 2–9 cm (1– 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) wide, with a 0.6–2.3 cm (1 ⁄ 4 –1 in) petiole, and five irregular, pointed, bristle-tipped lobes; they are glabrous (hairless), except for small but conspicuous tufts of hairs in the vein axils on the underside.
Quercus velutina (Latin 'velutina', "velvety") , the black oak, is a species of oak in the red oak group (Quercus sect. Lobatae), native and widespread in eastern and central North America. It is sometimes called the eastern black oak. [4] Quercus velutina was previously known as yellow oak due to the yellow pigment in its inner bark.
Quercus ilex, the holm oak, [2] [3] also (ambiguously, as many oaks are evergreen) evergreen oak, [4] is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region. It is a member of the section Ilex of the genus, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] with acorns that mature in a single summer.