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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]
Quercus robur (from the Latin quercus, "oak" + robur derived from a word meaning robust, strong) was named by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum (1753). [11] [12] It is the type species of the genus and classified in the white oak section (Quercus section Quercus). [13] It has numerous common names, including "common oak", "European oak" and ...
A hybrid white oak, possibly Quercus stellata × Q. muehlenbergii. Interspecific hybridization is quite common among oaks, but usually between species within the same section only, [44] and most common in the white oak group. White oaks cannot discriminate against pollination by other species in the same section.
Quercus bicolor, the swamp white oak, is a North American species of medium-sized trees in the beech family. It is a common element of America's north central and northeastern mixed forests. It is a common element of America's north central and northeastern mixed forests.
The acorn is the symbol for the National Trails of England and Wales, and is used for the waymarks on these paths. [35] The acorn, specifically that of the white oak, is also present in the symbol for the University of Connecticut. [36] Acorns are also used as charges in heraldry.
White oak: Quercus alba: 1973 [20] Indiana: Tulip tree: Liriodendron tulipifera: 1931 [21] Iowa: Oak (variety unspecified) Quercus spp. 1961 [22] Kansas: Eastern cottonwood: Populus deltoides: 1937 [23] Kentucky: Tulip-tree: Liriodendron tulipifera [24] Louisiana: Bald cypress [a] Taxodium distichum: 1963 [26] Maine: Eastern white pine: Pinus ...
White oak, White Oak or Whiteoak may also refer to: Tree species. Quercus alba, the species most commonly known as the white oak; Quercus bicolor, swamp white oak;
Natural wildfires are relatively common in the drier portions of the Pacific Northwest where Oregon white oak is found, but fire suppression has made such events much less common. In addition, early settlers' records, soil surveys, and tribal histories indicate that deliberate burning was widely practiced by the indigenous people of these areas.