White Oak (common)

Classification Kingdom: Plante Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopisda Order: Fagales Family: Fagaceae Genus: Quercus alba. L. Species: White Oak (common)

Shape, Form, Type -Height can range from 60-100ft -Spread can range from 60-80ft -The crown shape of the tree is seen as round, or pyramidal -The White Oak tends to grow very slowly Figure 1

Figure 2 ~White Oak bark resembles the Overcup Oak in that the general shape of the bark is similar. ~White Oak bark is short, and grows in unpredictable random patterns on the tree. It’s sometimes described as scaly. ~It’s light brown and very durable Bark

Twig & Bud ~The twigs of a White Oak are small, light brown, and grow at a relatively straight angle. ~The buds on a White Oak grow in small clusters and, as in the picture, almost match the color of the twig during winter time Figure 3

Leaf They have 5 to 9 blunt-ended lobes The leaves of a White Oak Figure 4 The leaves of a White Oak are mostly commonly 2 to 4 inches wide and five to nine inches long The leaves are most often heavy and thick; they sometimes remain attached to the to the tree through the winter They have 5 to 9 blunt-ended lobes

Flower, Fruit ~The flower of a White Oak looks very similar to the flower of a Overcup Oak, but the variation occurs in the flower shape. The flower of a White Oak is much less rounded than that of an Overcup Oak. Figure 5 Figure 6 ~The fruit of a White Oak is another type of acorn. It’s green on the biggest, smoothest part of the fruit, and jagged and brown on the “cap” of the fruit.

Habitat and Range *The White Oak grows in various places, but is most highly populated on the eastern coast of the United States. *It can survive in varying climates. An average climate for a White Oak is between 45° and 70 °F. But it can also live in areas reaching extreme temperatures from -50 ° to 0 °F. ° Figure 7

Uses The White Oak has medicinal as well as practical uses. It’s bark can be chewed to heal mouth sores, made into tea to cure indigestion, and can sooth chapped skin. It’s practical uses lie more in the area of furniture making and wood burning.

Work Cited: Text 1.) 2010. Quercus alba L. Date Retrieved: 6/23/2010 http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/quercus/alba.htm 2.) 2010. Edward F. Gilman and Dennis G. Watson. Date Retrieved: 6/23/2010 http://hort.ufl.edu/trees/QUEALBA.pdf 3.) 2010. Oak Quercus sp. Date Retrieved: 6/23/2010 http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/Survival/Pages/oak.html 4.) 2010. The Virtual Nature Trail at Penn State New Kingston. Date Retrieved: 6/23/2010 http://www.psu.edu/dept/nkbiology/naturetrail/speciespages/whiteoak.htm 5.) 2010. A Close-up View of the “White Oak”. Date Retrieved: 6/23/2010 http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy- uk.org.uk/mag/artapr09/bj-whiteoak.html 6.) 2010. Projects by Students for Students. Date Retrieved: 6/23/2010 http://library.thinkquest.org/J0113170/trees/whiteoak.html

Work Cited: Images Figure1: Form of a White Oak tree. http://www.arborday.org/treeguide/treeDetail.cfm?ID=173 Figure 2: White Oak bark. http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/Survival/Pages/oak.html Figure 3: White Oak twig. http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WebZ/initialize?sessionid=0&javascript=true&dbchoice=1&active=1 &entityCurrentPage=Search1&dbname=Science&style=Science&next=NEXTCMD%7FSortedQu ery?&context%3B&term=Plant+morphology&index=is=&fmtclass=briefnf&next=html/nfbrief.h tml&bad=error/badsearch.html&entitytoprecno=1&entitycurrecno=1&entitytempjds=TRUE&nu mrecs=12%7F Figure 4: White Oak leaf. http://employees.csbsju.edu/ssaupe/biol106/labs/deciduous_trees.htm Figure 5: White Oak flower http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/qual.htm Figure 6: White Oak fruit http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/image/q/qual--fr15637.htm Figure 7: Habitat and Range of White Oak http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=QUAL