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§1 Plant

Quercus alba L.

vernacular white oak — species · Fagaceae

USDA
QUAL
GBIF
2879737
Rank
species
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§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Fagaceae Dumort.
Genus
Quercus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,486 counties across 34 states/territories
Legend Native · 1486 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Medium
Salinity
Medium
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-43 °F minimum
Frost-free days
145 min.
Precipitation
30–80 in/yr
pH range
4.5–6.8
Root depth
48 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Stem
Growth rate
Slow
Lifespan
Long
Mature height
100 ft
Height @ 20 y
25 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
128
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Medium
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Medium
Lumber
Yes
Fuelwood
High
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,486 counties across 34 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 63 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 75 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 53 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 102 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 80 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 120 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 39 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 49 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 27 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 61 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 113 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 33 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 74 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 87 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 67 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 36 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 59 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 100 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 50 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 48 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/QUAL ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2879737 ↗

Record version

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