Quercus alba
Location: Back third - ~24 specimens
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Range: Eastern US
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White oak can grow very large and live 3 to 5 centuries. It is a useful tree, producing edible acorns, (soak them first to wash out tannins), preferred by turkey and deer. The wood is used for "tight cooperage" and was used for whiskey barrels. Link Link Distribution photo photo Genus: Quercus (oaks) Family: Fagaceae (beech) Order: Fagales (woody plants) Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Phylum/Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) Kingdom: Plantae (Plants) |