White Oak
- Botanical Name
- Quercus alba
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 9
- Height
- Up to 100 feet
- Width
- 50 to 80 feet
- Flowers
- May: yellow-green pendulous catkins - male, inconspicuous spikes - female
- Fruit
- Acorn, cap is 1/4 length of nut and bumpy
- Fall Color
- Brown to red, varies with season
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, acidic
- Planting & Care
- Prune in winter
- Does not tolerate compacted soils and construction
- Difficult to transplant
- Problems
- Chlorosis in alkaline soils, galls, anthracnose, 2-line chestnut borer, wilt
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