White Oak

Scientific Name:   Quercus alba


Large, long-lived tree often attaining immense size. Marcescent leaves (retention of dead leaves beyond autumn). Clustered terminal buds (like all oaks).

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White Oak


Genus species: Quercus alba
Common Name: White Oak
Family Name: Fagaceae  
Deciduous trees; leaves alternate, simple, stipulate; flowers unisexual, regular, in catkins or spikes or solitary; fruit a nut subtended by an involucre (spiny bur or scaly cup).
Seed Type Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Tree
Identified by:A. Swanson
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