White Oak (common)

White Oak (common)

ClassificationKingdom: PlanteDivision: MagnoliophytaClass: MagnoliopisdaOrder: FagalesFamily: FagaceaeGenus: Quercus alba. L.Species: White Oak (common)

Shape, Form, Type

-Height can range from 60-100ft

-Spread can range from 60-80ft

-The crown shape of the tree is seen as round, or pyramidal

-The White Oak tends to grow very slowlyFigure 1

Bark~White Oak bark resembles the Overcup Oak in that the general shape of the bark is similar.

~White Oak bark is short, and grows in unpredictable random patterns on the tree. Its sometimes described as scaly.

~Its light brown and very durable Figure 2Twig & Bud

~The twigs of a White Oak are small, light brown, and grow at a relatively straight angle.

~The buds on a White Oak grow in small clusters and, as in the picture, almost match the color of the twig during winter timeFigure 3Leaf

The leaves of a White Oak are mostly commonly 2 to 4 inches wide and five to nine inches longThey have 5 to 9 blunt-ended lobesFigure 4The leaves are most often heavy and thick; they sometimes remain attached to the to the tree through the winterFlower, Fruit

~The flower of a White Oak looks very similar to the flower of a Overcup Oak, but the variation occurs in the flower shape. The flower of a White Oak is much less rounded than that of an Overcup Oak.~The fruit of a White Oak is another type of acorn. Its green on the biggest, smoothest part of the fruit, and jagged and brown on the cap of the fruit. Figure 5Figure 6Habitat and Range

*The White Oak grows in various places, but is most highly populated on the eastern coast of the United States.

*It can survive in varying climates. An average climate for a White Oak is between 45 and 70 F. But it can also live in areas reaching extreme temperatures from -50 to 0 F.

Figure 7UsesThe White Oak has medicinal as well as practical uses.Its bark can be chewed to heal mouth sores, made into tea to cure indigestion, and can sooth chapped skin.Its practical uses lie more in the area of furniture making and wood burning.Work Cited: Text1.) 2010. Quercus alba L. Date Retrieved: 6/23/2010 http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/quercus/alba.htm 2.) 2010. Edward F. Gilman and Dennis G. Watson. Date Retrieved: 6/23/2010 http://hort.ufl.edu/trees/QUEALBA.pdf 3.) 2010. Oak Quercus sp. Date Retrieved: 6/23/2010 http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/Survival/Pages/oak.html 4.) 2010. The Virtual Nature Trail at Penn State New Kingston. Date Retrieved: 6/23/2010 http://www.psu.edu/dept/nkbiology/naturetrail/speciespages/whiteoak.htm 5.) 2010. A Close-up View of the White Oak. Date Retrieved: 6/23/2010 http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artapr09/bj-whiteoak.html 6.) 2010. Projects by Students for Students. Date Retrieved: 6/23/2010 http://library.thinkquest.org/J0113170/trees/whiteoak.html

Work Cited: ImagesFigure1: Form of a White Oak tree. http://www.arborday.org/treeguide/treeDetail.cfm?ID=173 Figure 2: White Oak bark.http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/Survival/Pages/oak.html Figure 3: White Oak twig.http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WebZ/initialize?sessionid=0&javascript=true&dbchoice=1&active=1&entityCurrentPage=Search1&dbname=Science&style=Science&next=NEXTCMD%7FSortedQuery?&context%3B&term=Plant+morphology&index=is=&fmtclass=briefnf&next=html/nfbrief.html&bad=error/badsearch.html&entitytoprecno=1&entitycurrecno=1&entitytempjds=TRUE&numrecs=12%7F Figure 4: White Oak leaf.http://employees.csbsju.edu/ssaupe/biol106/labs/deciduous_trees.htm Figure 5: White Oak flowerhttp://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/qual.htm Figure 6: White Oak fruithttp://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/image/q/qual--fr15637.htmFigure 7: Habitat and Range of White Oakhttp://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=QUAL