Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Quercus alba
FAMILY
Fagaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read Edible Wild Plants: Oak from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus alba
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-001:
Quercus alba
FAMILY
Fagaceae
COMMON NAME:
White Oak
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JK Marlow jkm191222_2365_q_alba
Clay County AL
Cheaha State Park
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_qual_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0402e_05
February Greenville County SC
Bark light ashy gray w shallow lengthwise fissures separating into plates, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_quercus_alba
March
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Gill Newberry gn04_q_alba_early_spring
April
In spring a mist of rose and silver: each twig hung with soft velvety leaves, per Trees Worth Knowing by Julia Ellen Rogers (1924).
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Gill Newberry gn04_q_alba_male_and_feml
April
Male flowers in hanging catkins, female flowers inconspicuous, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow s040419_e
April Greenville County SC
"When white oak leaves are the size of a mouse's ear, it's time to plant corn."
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JK Marlow jkm0305j_01
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210603_1033
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_quercus_alba_acorn
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_quercus_alba_bark
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_quercus_alba_leaves
September
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Paul Thompson pstquercus_alba
September?
Leaves are large with 7-11 rounded lobes and sinuses. — Clemson Extension
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JK Marlow jkm061021_009
October Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm061025_003
October Greenville County SC
Acorn cup rather thick, covering 1/4 of nut, which is 15-25mm long, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm121006_263
October Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
Over 150 yrs old & presumed to be the oldest tree on the Virigina Creeper Trail.
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JK Marlow jkm0111k_22
November Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0211j_21
November Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s011110_ce
November Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s011111_de
November Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s011111_ijk
November Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s011111_pq
November Greenville County SC
Leaves divided into 7-10 shallow to deeply rounded lobes withut bristle tips, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmqalba_home
Month Unknown Anderson County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Quercus alba
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus alba
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-001:
Quercus alba
FAMILY
Fagaceae
1181
Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in mesic to xeric forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
...Dry
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate, 5-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring
Unisexual
Staminate calyx 2-8 lobed, pistillate calyx 6-lobed
Petals absent
3-12 stamens in staminate flowers
Staminate flowers in clustered drooping catkins
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Acorn
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p047
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p308
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p213
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America p318
- Landscaping with Native Trees p199
- Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America p008
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p162
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p278
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p22
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p255
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p266