| Description | White Oak (Quercus alba) s a native Oak. Has a moderate growth rate reaching a medium size. |
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| Pronunciation | (Kwer-kus)(AL-ba) |
| Plant Type | Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 3b-9 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | adaptable, best grown on deep well drained rich soils |
| Fruit | solitary acorns, paired, 3/4 of an inch long, food for many wild animals. |
| Leaves | alternate, simple, deeply lobed, lobe margins are entire, a reddish purple fall coloration |
| Stems | light ashy gray bark |
| Dimensions | Pyramidal at youth becoming wide spreading, rounded crown with a short stalky trunk. Size: 80-100 feet all by 1/4 to 1/2 spread |
| Propagation | acorns |
| Misc Facts | Not used much in the landscape but the wood is used for furniture, whiskey barrels, flowering etc. Alba (white) refers to the light color of the bark AKA: American White Oak |
| Notes & Reference | 0#1-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, #93-North American Landscape Trees, #94-Trees of the Eastern and Central United States and Canada) |
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