White Oak
quercus alba

North American Tree

This is a slow growing,
open branched native of the eastern U.S.
~which grows to a height of ninety feet.

It produces purplish-red leaves in the fall
which are eliptical, four to nine inches
long, and two to five inches wide.

Leaves have five to nine lobes.

They are widest beyond
the middle and taper off at the base.

Bark is light gray, and shallowly fissured
in broad, scaly plates which are often loose.

Acorns are about an inch long,
egg-shaped, and one quarter
enclosed in a shallow cup.

It favors moist, well drained and will grow
in altitudes up to 5500 feet
from southern Ontario and east
central Minnesota to eastern Texas,
Maine and northern Florida.

Bark and leaves are used medicinally.