Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus
Section: Quercus (white oaks)
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus alba
FAMILY
Fagaceae
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Read Edible Wild Plants: Oak from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
The leaves of Eastern White Oak have rounded lobes that lack bristly tips. The number of lobes is variable, ranging from 7-10 and they can show considerable variation in sinus depth between leaves. Eastern White Oaks hybridize with Post Oaks and Swamp Chestnut Oaks, which adds to their leaf variation. This is one of the most common oaks to find on a hike in the southern Piedmont. Read more at Southern Piedmont Natural History.
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
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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
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