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Quercus alba

White Oak

• »  An important timber tree and its wood is water tight and rot resistant
• »  Slow growing shade tree
• »  Excellent purple to red fall color

• Category:Tree
• Breeder:American Beauties Native Plants
• Hardiness Zone:3-9
• Height:50-80 ft
• Spread:50-80 ft

White oak will slowly grow into a stately rounded, irregular grown. Many forms of wildlife feed on the acorns during the fall and winter including: Red-headed woodpeckers, turkey, deer, quail, chimpmunks and even ducks. It is a larval food source for a number of Hairstreak butterflies.