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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Quercus alba
Phenology Observation Sheet for Deciduous Trees and Shrubs

COMMON NAME

White oak

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Quercus alba

Plant family

Beech (Fagaceae)

Plant group

Deciduous Trees and Shrubs

Leaves have rounded lobes and are hairless when mature. In spring, small young leaves are silvery pink and covered with fine hair. Fruit are acorns.
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Leaves have rounded lobes and are  hairless when mature. Some old light brown leaves are often persistent on the trees over the winter. In spring, the small young leaves are silvery pink and covered with fine hair. Fruit is an acorn. Bark is light gray with overlapping scales. Trees mainly grow in dry woods, but can also be found along roadsides and in pastures.
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White oaks have both male and female flowers that appear about the same time as the leaves. The female flowers are tiny little flowers at the base of the leaves. The male flowers are found on long, green, droopy stems.
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Alabama , Arkansas , Connecticut , Delaware , Florida , Georgia , Iowa , Illinois , Indiana , Kansas , Kentucky , Louisiana , Massachusetts , Maryland , Maine , Michigan , Minnesota , Missouri , Mississippi , North Carolina , Nebraska , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Oklahoma , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Carolina , Tennessee , Texas , Virginia , Vermont , Wisconsin , West Virginia
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