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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 margarettae is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing up to 12 meters (40 feet) tall. [5] The bark is gray and scaly. The leaves are up to 135 millimetres (5 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches) long, and bipinnately lobed with rounded lobes. The plant grows in sandy or gravelly soil. [6] [4]
It is one of the slowest-growing oaks, with a growth rate of 30 centimetres (12 in) per year when young. However, one source states that a well-established tree can grow up to 51 cm (20 in) per year. [4] [unreliable source?] A 20-year-old tree will be about 18 m (60 ft) tall if grown in full sun.
“As you travel, observe what is thriving in the soil types you move through and you will find trees such as black oak, blackjack oak, post oak, Southern red oak (Quercus falcata) and many more ...
Quercus pagoda, the cherrybark oak, is one of the most highly valued red oaks in the southern United States. It is larger and better formed than southern red oak and commonly grows on more moist sites. Its strong wood and straight form make it an excellent timber tree.
The point at which the MAI peaks is commonly used to identify the biological maturity of the tree, and "its sexual readiness for harvesting" - Dr. Cole Greff, 1984. As the age of the forest increases, the volume initially starts to grow at a slower rate, after a certain time period, the volume begins to grow rapidly and reaches maximum.
It is a tree growing up to 85 feet (25 meters) tall, with dark brown bark. It has leaves with sharp pointed lobes somewhat similar to those of the Georgia oak (Q. georgiana) and pin oak (Q. palustris). [7] It is fast-growing and usually has a pleasing red color in autumn, much more reliably so than the pin oak.
The Bedford Oak is a 500-year-old white oak tree that sits in the town of Bedford in New York. It is the mascot of the town. It sits at the corner of the Hook Road and the old Bedford Road (now Cantitoe Street). The ground the tree stands on was deeded to the Town of Bedford in 1942 by Harold Whitman in memory of his wife, Georgia Squires Whitman.