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Specific epithet comes from Latin and means to place in an overlapping order, as with tile or shingles. * An ornamental and shade tree, it is also suitable for hedges, screens, and windbreaks.

It grows in dry woodlands and forest edges and can reach 4 – 8 m tall with stems 10 – 25 cm thick with smooth gray bark. The seed ripens in mid to late autumn and will probably need to be protected from squirrels.

Indeed they sprang forward at such a rate as presently to dwarf their pure breed relatives." * They are commonly used in California as a rootstock for English Walnut, inspiring more vigor in the trees.

* The acorns provide food for raccoons, White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkeys, squirrels, ducks, Bobwhite Quail, and small birds and rodents. * It is grown and marketed mainly as pulpwood.

* White oak is the Illinois State Tree. * White oak grows over much of eastern North America and is an important hardwood timber tree. * It is not unusual for a white oak tree to be as wide as it is tall.

* The seed is eaten raw or cooked. The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place, will keep for at least 6 months. The seed is up to 3cm long. Rather thin-shelled, the seed is small and sweet.

* The wood is similar to, and usually marketed mixed with, other white oaks. * It is sometimes cultivated as a large garden tree or street tree, and is quite easy to grow if it is not subject to extreme urban conditions.

Album has been the primary source of sandalwood and the derived oil. Album in India is noted in literature for over two thousand years. * Sandalwood oil has been widely used in folk medicine for treatment of common colds, bronchitis

* Quercus macrocarpa is cultivated by plant nurseries for use in gardens, parks, and as a street tree. Quercus , native to North America in the eastern and midwestern United States and south-central Canada .

* White oak is the Illinois State Tree. * White oak grows over much of eastern North America and is an important hardwood timber tree. * It is not unusual for a white oak tree to be as wide as it is tall.

* The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels . * Quercus acutissima lives in deciduous forests at altitudes of up to 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) in South Asia and South East Asia.

* The seed is eaten raw or cooked. The seed ripens in late autumn and, when stored in its shell in a cool place, will keep for at least 6 months. The seed is up to 3cm long. Rather thin-shelled, the seed is small and sweet.

Beautiful specimen tree. Grows 50-60 feet in height. Grows the same as River's Beech but leaves have a striking pink and white edge.

* The fruits of the woodland elaeocarpus are edible. * This species contains the gallotannin 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-beta-D-glucose, a compound that may be used in radioprotection.

* Butternut grows quickly, but is rather short-lived for a tree, rarely living longer than 75 years. Oily and sweet tasting with a rich agreeable flavour. * Compound leaves, dark green; 2" edible fruit, oily; furrowed dark gray bark; often of rather open...

* It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen in September. * With its white flowers it is beloved of bees in May and children in fall for the mahogany nuts. * It is native to Greece and Albania.

* Over 400 Swamp White Oak trees are being planted in the newly constructed September 11 Memorial Plaza in Manhattan. * Intermediate between the Chestnut Oak and the White Oak . * The bark resembles the White Oak.

This impressive tree features a graceful form and large leaves that change from verdant green to stunning sunset hues of yellow, orange and red. Shipped unbranched, 3-4 feet.The USDA hardiness zones offer a guide to varieties that will grow well in certain...

* Prefers a good deep fertile loam which can be on the stiff side. * Tolerate: Drought, Dry Soil, Black Walnut, Air Pollution. * Trees may live up to 500 years according to the USDA , and a living example of 326 years was noted in 2001 by Orwig et al.

* It has greenish yellow flowers in May and the dark green leaves turn yellow to pumpkin-orange in the fall. * It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 20-47 m tall. * A species of buckeye native to the Ohio Valley and Appalachian Mountains of the...

* Plateau oak or Escarpment live oak is a thicket-forming shrub or large, spreading tree that is nearly identical in appearance to, and considered much hardier than, Q. Acorns 3/4 to 1 inch long, rather elongate.

* Plateau oak or Escarpment live oak is a thicket-forming shrub or large, spreading tree that is nearly identical in appearance to, and considered much hardier than, Q. Acorns 3/4 to 1 inch long, rather elongate.

* Leaves to 6"; branches brown and fuzzy; small clusters of 7-10 flowers; rounded fruit; native to northeast Asia.

It attains a tallow-like consistency on standing and is used to make candles. * An oil is extracted from the seeds.

The tips of the stems take on a rosy glow in winter, while in early spring bud burst produces bright green delicate foliage, which preserves its colour throughout the growing season.

* In the northern part of its range, black oak is a relatively small tree, reaching a height of 20-25 m (65-80 ft) and a diameter of 90 cm (35 in), but it grows larger in the south and center of its range, where heights of up to 42 m (140 ft) are known.

* Depending on the growing conditions, live oaks vary from the shrubby to large and spreading: typical open-grown trees reach 15 meters (50 feet) in height, but may span nearly 50 meters.