The Oaks

Description by Individual Oak Species - Quercus

• black

• bur

• cherrybark

• laurel

• live

• Oregon white

• overcup

• post

• pin

• northern red

• Nuttall

• scarlet

• Shumard

• southern red

• water

• white

• willow

Leaves: alternate, variable in shape, short stalked.

Bark: gray and scaly or blackish and furrowed.

Twigs: slender with star-shaped pith.

Fruit: acorns.

ash | beech | basswood | birch | black cherry | black walnut/butternut | cottonwood | elm | hackberry | hickory | holly | locust | magnolia | maple | oak | poplar | red alder | royal paulownia | sassafras | sweetgum | sycamore | tupelo | willow | yellow-poplar

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