White Oak
Bundle of 10 | Size: 6-12” | Age: 2-0
White Oak - (Quercus alba)
Native to our area. Mature Height: 100’. Tolerates sun, to full shade in dry to mesic soils in mesic and dry forests, to well drained bottomlands. Acorns eaten by numerous wildlife species; used by butterfly larvae. Important lumber tree because of high-grade wood and is singularly used for whiskey barrels due to unique aromatic properties.
Bundle of 10 | Size: 6-12” | Age: 2-0
White Oak - (Quercus alba)
Native to our area. Mature Height: 100’. Tolerates sun, to full shade in dry to mesic soils in mesic and dry forests, to well drained bottomlands. Acorns eaten by numerous wildlife species; used by butterfly larvae. Important lumber tree because of high-grade wood and is singularly used for whiskey barrels due to unique aromatic properties.
Bundle of 10 | Size: 6-12” | Age: 2-0
White Oak - (Quercus alba)
Native to our area. Mature Height: 100’. Tolerates sun, to full shade in dry to mesic soils in mesic and dry forests, to well drained bottomlands. Acorns eaten by numerous wildlife species; used by butterfly larvae. Important lumber tree because of high-grade wood and is singularly used for whiskey barrels due to unique aromatic properties.
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
Deciduous Tree
Other Names: Northern White Oak, Stave Oak, Ridge White Oak
Native to our area
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: 100 feet
Wildlife Value: acorns eaten by numerous wildlife species; used by butterfly larvae
Uses: important lumber tree because of high-grade wood (e.g., used for whiskey barrels)