White Oak

TREES

GENUS/SPECIES

Quercus alba

FAMILY

Fagaceae

SYNONYMS

Common: Eastern White Oak

DISTRIBUTION

Eastern US

SE Minnesota eastward to S Maine
S Maine southward to N Florida
N Florida westward to E Texas
E Texas northward to E Minnesota

Human Product Number - 122

Veterinary Product Number - 122

Comments

White oak is a component of many kinds of forests, especially those that have moderately moist soil and have been allowed to mature over a long period of time. The rather light-gray bark is composed of thick flakes, and the distinctive bluish-green leaves have rounded lobes. White oak becomes a large, rounded tree. The abundant wind-borne pollen is shed from catkins in the spring, and the female flowers ripen into acorns in the fall of the same year.