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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
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
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 (white oak; native) Quercus macrocarpa (bur oak; native) Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak; native) Quercus prinus (chestnut oak; native) Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak; native) Quercus rubra (northern red oak; native) Quercus velutina (black oak; native) Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak; native)
The Mingo Oak (also known as the Mingo White Oak) was a white oak (Quercus alba) in the U.S. state of West Virginia.First recognized for its age and size in 1931, the Mingo Oak was the oldest and largest living white oak tree in the world until its death in 1938.
In the 1700s, a young botanist scandalized some by discussing “birds and bees” of pollination, and awarding Latin names to plants and animals.
Quercus: oaks; Quercus acutissima: sawtooth oak Fagaceae (beech family) Quercus agrifolia: California live oak; coastal live oak Fagaceae (beech family) 801 Quercus alba: white oak Fagaceae (beech family) 802 Quercus arkansana: Arkansas oak Fagaceae (beech family) Quercus austrina: bastard white oak Fagaceae (beech family) Quercus bicolor ...