White Oak
White Oak (Quercus alba)
Age and Size of Seedlings Being Sold: 3-0; 18-24 inches
Other Names: Northern White Oak, Stave Oak, Ridge White Oak, Forked-leaf White Oak
Native to the U.S.
Range: Eastern Canada and the United States from Quebec and Ontario west to Minnesota, south to Texas, east to Florida, and north to Maine
Typical Mature Height: 70-100 feet
Light Requirement: sun, partial shade, shade
Soils: dry to mesic, including well-drained loams and sands, sandy loams, medium loams, clay loams, clay, acid-based soils
Habitat: mesic and dry forests; southwest slopes; rocky hillsides; dry upland slopes to well drained loamy soils in bottomlands
Flower Color: red, yellow, green, brown
Fruit: acorn
Bloom Time: spring
Wildlife Value: acorns eaten by numerous wildlife species; used by butterfly larvae
Uses: important lumber tree because of high-grade wood (e.g., whiskey barrels)
Photo by Paul Wray, Iowa State University, Bugwood.org
More Information: http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=QUAL