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2. Quercus garryana - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Quercus alba - Wikipedia

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   Although called a white oak, it is very unusual to find an individual specimen with white bark; the usual colour is a light gray. The name comes from the colour of the finished wood. In the forest it can reach a magnificent height and in the open it develops into a massive broad-topped tree with large branches striking out at wide angles.

4. List of Quercus species - Wikipedia

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   Quercus lobata Née – valley oak or California white oak – California; Quercus lusitanica Lam. – gall oak or Lusitanian oak – Iberia, North Africa; Quercus lyrata Walter – overcup oak – eastern North America; Quercus × macdonaldii Greene & Kellogg – California; Quercus macdougallii Martínez – Mexico; Quercus macranthera Fisch ...

5. List of woods - Wikipedia

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   White oak. White oak (Quercus alba) Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) Post oak (Quercus stellata) Swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor) Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) Swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii) Chestnut oak (Quercus prinus) Chinkapin oak (Quercus muhlenbergii) Canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis) Overcup oak (Quercus lyrata) English ...

6. Quercus austrina - Wikipedia

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   Quercus austrina, the bastard white oak [3] or bluff oak, is an oak species that is endemic to the southeastern United States from Mississippi to the Carolinas, with a few isolated populations in Arkansas. [4] [5] Quercus austrina can grow to a height of 45 to 60 feet (13.5–18 meters) with a spread of 35 to 50 feet (10.5–15 m). Leaves are ...

7. British timber trade - Wikipedia

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   While every nation has trees and wood, ship timber is a far more limited product. The ideal woods were oak, Scots pine – but not spruce, and other large trees. Especially difficult to find were trees suitable to be masts, a crucial requirement for any sailing ship, and one that often had to be replaced after storms or wear. As suitable trees ...