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Quercus garryana is an oak tree species of the Pacific Northwest, with a range stretching from southern California to southwestern British Columbia. [3] It is commonly known as the Garry Oak, Oregon white oak or Oregon oak. It grows from sea level to an altitude of 690 feet (210 metres) in the northern part of its range, and from 980 to 5,900 ...
Species: Q. ilex. Binomial name. Quercus ilex. L. Species' distribution: Q. ilex (green), Q. rotundifolia (rose) Quercus ilex, the evergreen oak, [2] holly oak [3] or holm oak is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region. It is a member of the Ilex section of the genus, [4] [5] with acorns that mature in a single summer.
Quercus robur is a deciduous tree up to 40 m tall, [5] with a single stout trunk that can be as much as 11 m in girth (circumference at breast height) or even 14 m in pollarded specimens. Older trees tend to be pollarded, with boles (the main trunk) 2–3 m long. These live longer and become more stout than unpollarded trees.
Caton Oak. Chained Oak. Charter Oak. Chêne chapelle. Chrobry Oak. Clement Oak. Council Oak Tree (Hollywood, Florida) Cowthorpe Oak. Creek Council Oak Tree.
Quercus palustris is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 18–22 metres (59–72 feet) tall, with a trunk up to 1 m ( 31⁄2 ft) in diameter. It has an 8–14 m (26–46 ft) spread. A 10-year-old tree grown in full sun will be about 8 m (26 ft) tall. Young trees have a straight, columnar trunk with smooth bark and a pyramidal canopy.
Quercus falcata is a medium to large-sized deciduous tree 25–30 meters (82–98 feet) tall, with a few forest grown specimens on highly productive sites reaching 35–44 m (115–144 ft), with a trunk up to 1.5 m (5 ft) in diameter, the crown with a broad, round-topped head. The leaves are 10–30 centimetres (4–12 inches) long and 6–16 ...
It is fast-growing and usually has a pleasing red color in autumn, much more reliably so than the pin oak. This species was for years erroneously called Quercus nuttallii, but it is now known as Q. texana; this has created much confusion with Texas red oak, which was known as Q. texana but is now known as Q. buckleyi. [8]
Quercus alba, the white oak, is one of the preeminent hardwoods of eastern and central North America. It is a long-lived oak, native to eastern and central North America and found from Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, and southern Maine south as far as northern Florida and eastern Texas. [3] Specimens have been documented to be over 450 years old.