Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by origin]
6. biological material
7. plant material
8. [wood and wood by product]
9. wood (plant material)
10. [wood by composition or origin]
11. hardwood
12. oak (wood)

Anotations

Scope note:

Hard, close-grained, durable wood of the species Quercus stellata, native to sandy soils of the central and southern United States. It is tough and rot-resistant, used for fence posts, rough construction, and as a fuel for barbequing meat.