Willow Oak

Scientific Name:   Quercus phellos


Red Oak group. Unlobed leaves, usually bristle-tipped. Clustered terminal buds (like all oaks).

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Willow Oak


Genus species: Quercus phellos
Common Name: Willow 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
Introduced Native
Category:Tree
Identified by:A. Swanson
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