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Leaves: Are alternate, evergreen, simple, and narrowly oblong to lanceolate. They are usually 5–10 centimetres (2 to 4 inches) long, with edges revolute. Occasionally there are a few shallow teeth, a narrow pointed tip, and a leathery texture. They are usually a shiny yellow-green on top and white or silvery on the bottom. [8]
White oak has served as the official state tree of Illinois after selection by a vote of school children. [28] There are two "official" white oaks serving as state trees, one located on the grounds of the governor's mansion, and the other in a schoolyard in the town of Rochelle. The white oak is also the state tree of Connecticut [29] and Maryland.
Quercus sinuata var. sinuata (Latin quercus, "oak" + sinuata, species epithet from nominative feminine singular of Latin sinuatus [12], participle of sinuo, "to bend or bow out in curves" [13] + var. (variety or varietas) sinuata, to distinguish this taxon from the generally more shallowly lobed variety of this species, var. breviloba) is an ...
Quercus stellata, the post oak or iron oak, is a North American species of oak in the white oak section. It is a slow-growing oak that lives in dry areas on the edges of fields, tops of ridges, and also grows in poor soils, and is resistant to rot, fire, and drought. Interbreeding occurs among white oaks, thus many hybrid species combinations ...
Quercus gambelii, with the common name Gambel oak, is a deciduous small tree or large shrub that is widespread in the foothills and lower mountains of western North America. It is also regionally called scrub oak , oak brush , and white oak .
The bark resembles that of the white oak. The leaves are broad ovoid, 12–18 centimetres (4 + 3 ⁄ 4 –7 inches) long and 7–11 cm (2 + 3 ⁄ 4 – 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) broad, always more or less glaucous on the underside, and are shallowly lobed with five to seven lobes on each side, intermediate between the chestnut oak and the white oak. In ...
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Quercus polymorpha, the Mexican white oak, Monterrey oak or netleaf white oak, is a North American species of oak. It is widespread in Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, and known from a single population in the United States (about 30 kilometres or 19 miles north of the Río Grande in Val Verde County, Texas ) but widely planted as an ornamental.