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Quercus alba (species)


Identification code: 300375454



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Alternative term/s

  • Quebec oak
  • stave oak
  • white oak

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Scope note:

Species of oak native to the eastern United States, reaching 45 m (50 feet) in height, having pale-gray, shallowly fissured, scaly bark, and glossy, bright green leaves that narrow toward the base and turn wine red in autumn. Specimens are known to have lived for up to 600 years. It is an important timber tree, having light brown, coarse-grained, strong wood, used for millwork and flooring.

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