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This is a list of U.S. state, ... Common name Scientific name Image Year Alabama: Longleaf pine: ... White oak: Quercus alba: 1973 [20] Indiana:
The valley oak may surpass 30 meters (98 feet) in height, with a sturdy trunk possibly exceeding 3 m (10 ft) in diameter. The "Henley Oak", in Covelo, California, is the tallest known valley oak, at 47 m (153 ft). [7] [8] The branches have an irregular, spreading and arching appearance.
It is commonly known as the Garry oak, Oregon white oak or Oregon oak. It grows from sea level to an altitude of 690 feet (210 metres) in the northern part of its range, and from 980 to 5,900 ft (300 to 1,800 m) in the south of the range in California. [4] The eponymous Nicholas Garry was deputy governor of the Hudson's Bay Company.
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
White oak has served as the official state tree of Illinois after selection by a vote of school children. [28] There are two "official" white oaks serving as state trees, one located on the grounds of the governor's mansion, and the other in a schoolyard in the town of Rochelle. The white oak is also the state tree of Connecticut [29] and Maryland.
– California scrub oak – # California; Quercus bicolor Willd. – swamp white oak – eastern and midwestern North America; Quercus × bimundorum E.J.Palmer — two worlds oak; Quercus boyntonii Beadle – Boynton's post oak – south central North America; Quercus canariensis Willd. – Mirbeck's oak or Algerian oak – # North Africa & Spain
White pine. Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) Western white pine (Pinus monticola) Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) Southern yellow pine. Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) Pitch pine (Pinus rigida) Shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata) Red cedar Eastern red cedar, (Juniperus virginiana) Western red cedar (Thuja plicata)
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: swamp white oak Fagaceae (beech family) 804 Quercus brantii: Brant's oak Fagaceae (beech family ...