Quercus alba
The tree species Quercus alba is also called "White Oak". It is a long-lived
oak in the family
Fagaceae, native to eastern
North America, from southern
Quebec west to eastern
Minnesota, and south to northern
Florida and eastern
Texas. Specimens are known to have lived over 600 years.Although called the White Oak it is very unusual to find an individual with white bark; the usual color is an ashen gray. In the forest it reaches a magnificent height. In the open it develops into a massive broad-topped tree with great limbs striking out at wide angles.
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Quercus alba
Noun
1. large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes; yields strong and durable hard wood
(synonym) American white oak
(hypernym) white oak