White Oak
Quercus alba L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- —
- wide
- 20 m
Fagaceae
Also called White oak, Eastern white oak, Stave oak
Formerly Quercus candida, Quercus nigrescens, Quercus ramosa, Quercus retusa
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SE. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 15 m to 24 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, red, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: height, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Slovenian
- beli hrast
- French
- chêne blanc
- Chinese
- 美国白栎
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Quercus alba (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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