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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Fagaceae
Quercus alba L.
white oak
Quercus: Latin for oak
alba: Latin for "white"
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | perennial, deciduous tree to 80'; scaly, light grey bark |
| Flower: | oval, dark reddish brown buds; blooms in spring |
| Fruit: | 1-3 acorns on very short stalks, semi-circular cup covers 1/4" of the nut; nut light brown, oval to oblong |
| Leaf: | narrowly elliptic to obovate in outline, base narrowly wedge shaped to triangular with a pointed end; edge lobes 1/3-7/8 deep, often rounded tips; upper side light gray-green, smooth. |
| Habitat: | Moist to dry; deciduous woods, savannas, barrens; usually on deep, well-drained soil |
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