In the forest crowns are upright and oval with trees reaching up to 100 feet tall and several feet in diameter. On older trees smooth patches are not uncommon.įorm: A very large tree when open grown, white oaks have rugged, irregular crowns that are wide spreading, with a stocky bole. The white oak is a large deciduous, hardwood tree is slow growing and can reach heights of 135 feet with an 80-foot spread but generally tops out at 80 to 100 feet. The leaves are dark green to slightly blue-green in summer, brown and wine-red to orange-red in the fall. The white oak is a large deciduous, hardwood tree is slow growing and can reach heights of 135 feet with an 80-foot spread but generally tops out at 80 to. The sinuses between the lobes vary in depth and the base narrows abruptly to form a wedge. Twig: Red-brown to somewhat gray, even a bit purple at times, hairless and often shiny multiple terminal buds are red-brown, small, rounded (globose) and hairless.īark: Whitish or ashy gray, varying from scaly on smaller stems to irregularly platy or blocky on large stems. White oak leaves are 5 to 9 inches long with 7 to 9 rounded lobes. Leaf: Alternate, simple, oblong to ovate in shape, 4 to 7 inches long 7 to 10 rounded, finger-like lobes, sinus depth varies from deep to shallow, apex is rounded and the base is wedge-shaped, green to blue-green above and whitish below.įlower: Species is monoecious male flowers are yellow-green, borne in naked, slender catkins, 2 to 4 inches long female flowers are reddish green and appear as very small single spikes appearing with the leaves in mid-spring.įruit: Ovoid to oblong acorn, cap is warty and bowl-shaped, covers 1/4 of the fruit cap always detaches at maturity matures in one growing season in the early fall.
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