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Quercus alba  |
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White Oak |
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Eastern United States |
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Large, wide-spreading tree with a short, thick
trunk, massive horizontal branches and a broad
crown. Bark is light ashy-gray in color,
fissured into scaly ridges, or small, vertically
arranged blocks. |
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50-80 feet tall with a similar spread. |
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Plants are
monoecious. Male flowers are borne in
clustered, pendent catkins the females are
borne solitary, or in a few flowered spike in
the axils of the new leaves. |
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Leaves are alternate, simple, 4-8½ inches
long, with a wedge-shaped base and 5-9, more or
less deep, rounded, entire lobes, dark green in
color. |
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Fall color is brown to rich red to wine color,
persisting. |
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Fruit is an acorn, solitary or paired, with or
without a short stalk, ½-¾ inch long,
oblong, with a bowl-like cap, enclosing ¼ of
the nut. |
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