White Oak

 

Quercus alba, Beech family (Fagaceae)

Leaves:
Leaves have rounded lobes along edges. Lobes are sometimes shallow, sometimes deep, depending on whether the leaves are in the sun or shade.  Leaves are bright green above and whitish or gray-green underneath.

Bark:
Bark is light gray, shallowly fissured into long plates or ridges that come off.

Acorns:
Acorns are long and thin, enclosed by a shallow cup. Acorns germinate shortly after falling from tree


 

 

 

 

 

 

White Oak leaves have different shapes, depending on whether
they grow in the sun (left) or shade (right) (photo source #13)
   



White Oak leaf.
(photo source #18)


White Oak bark. (photo source #14)

Quercus alba - Fruit - white oak
White Oak acorns.
(photo source #17)

Photo Sources:
13.  Symonds, G.W.D. and S.V. Chelminski.  1958.  The tree identification book.  William Morrow and Company, New York.
14.  University of Wisconsin Green Bay, www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/trees.
17.  Vanderbilt University, www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species.
18.  Virginia Tech University, www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology.