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Le chêne de Virginie (Quercus virens ou Quercus virginiana), known asSouthern live oak in the United States, belongs to the Fagaceae family. Its natural range spans the southeastern United States, including Alabama, North and South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia. This range extends from the coastline up to 50–100 km inland. The […]

The Dwarf Oak (Quercus pumila), Commonly known as running oak in English, the dwarf oak is a shrub belonging to the Fagaceae family. Its natural range is in the southeastern United States, including Alabama, North and South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi. The species was first described in 1788 by botanist Thomas Walter Flora Caroliniana. […]

The Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa), Commonly known as the bur oak, the large-fruited oak belongs to the Fagaceae family. Its natural range spans the vast plains of the central and western United States, from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, including: United States: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, North and South Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, […]

The American chestnut oak (Quercus montana), commonly called Rock chesnut oak in English, is a tree of the Fagaceae family whose natural range extends from the center to the northeast of the United States of America, the Appalachian Mountains constituting its southern limit: Alabama, North and South Carolina, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, […]

The Hungarian oak (Quercus frainetto or Quercus conferta) is a tree of the Fagaceae family whose natural range extends from central Italy to northwestern Turkey: Balkans (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia), Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary , Italy, Romania and Turkey.   Use of Hungarian oak The wood of the Hungarian oak is used in the […]

Bartram oak (Quercus heterophylla) is a tree of the Fagaceae family. It was named in memory of one of the first American botanists, John Bartram (1699-1777) who founded the first botanical garden of the new continent, Kingsessing, near Philadelphia *. A deciduous tree, the Bartram oak can reach 30 meters in height and exceed one […]

The Shingle Oak(Quercus imbricaria), Also known as the laurel oak, the shingle oak is a tree in the Fagaceae family. Its name originates from its historical use by French settlers in Illinois, who crafted wooden shingles from its wood. A tree with late-deciduous or marcescent* foliage, the shingle oak reaches a height of 15 to […]

The Gall Oak (Quercus infectoria), also called Aleppo Oak or Israeli Oak, is a tree from the Fagaceae family.   A tree with late deciduous or marcescent* foliage, the gall oak is a small tree generally measuring 3 to 6 meters in height. It has an open crown and deeply fissured bark. Its leaves, 2 […]

The velani oak (Quercus ithaburensis or Quercus aegilops) is a tree of the Fagaceae family. It owes its name to the cups of its acorns, the velaneds, used in tannery and dyeing.   A tree with subpersistent foliage*, the velani oak measures 5 to 25 meters in height with a wingspan of up to 24 […]

Banister oak (Quercus ilicifolia), also called the Bear Oak or Hollyleaf, is a tree from the Fagaceae family. It owes its name to the missionary John Banister (1650-1692) who discovered it in Virginia and included it in his Catalog of Plants Obesreved in Virginia, published in John Ray’s History of Plants (1686). Banister then designated […]