The red oak group includes northern red oak, black oak and scarlet oak, and the white oak group includes eastern white oak, post oak, swamp white oak and chestnut oak. It’s easy to identify a red oak ...

White oaks (Quercus alba) are durable, large canopied, long-lived trees that grow slowly and are common in southern Wisconsin ...

Post oak leaves have distinctive cross shape. John Nelson. ... “White oaks” (including our Mystery Plant) have rounded lobes, without any points or bristles on the tips. ...

Thus, there are a wide variety of plant galls that differ in shape, size, color, texture and the part of the plant affected (leaves, twigs, buds, flowers, etc).

Bark from the white oak has horizontal ridges. Then there’s bark that looks like scales, which suggests a pine or spruce tree; diamond-shaped holes in bark—called lenticels—are found on aspens.

As a member of the white oak group, swamp white oak has less tannins, making the acorns sweeter and more palatable for wildlife. These acorns are a valuable source of nutrients for many animals ...

Mid-summer Defoliation of White Oak Trees Occurring in Northern Virginia Counties Homeowners in six Northern Virginia counties have kept the phone lines buzzing at Virginia Department of Forestry ...

The spiky, iconic Canadian maple leaf. A large, lush Florida palm leaf. Thin aspen leaves rustling in the crisp Colorado air. You can probably recall many different leaf shapes from many different ...