- Family:
- Fagaceae Dumort.
- Genus:
- Quercus L.
Quercus alba L.
Native to:
Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Introduced into:
Leeward Is.
- Quercus alba f. latiloba (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.
- Quercus alba var. latiloba Sarg.
- Quercus alba var. microcarpa A.DC.
- Quercus alba f. pinnatifida (Michx.) Rehder
- Quercus alba var. pinnatifida Michx.
- Quercus alba var. repanda Michx.
- Quercus alba var. subcaerulea Pickens & M.Pickens
- Quercus alba var. subflavea Pickens & M.Pickens
- Quercus alba f. sublyrata Trel.
- Quercus candida Steud.
- Quercus nigrescens Raf.
- Quercus ramosa Dippel
- Quercus repanda Michx.
- Quercus retusa Raf.
- English
- White Oak
Quercus alba L. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quercus alba var. pinnatifida | K000227805 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 996 (1753)
Accepted by
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (1998). World Checklist and Bibliography of Fagales: 1-408. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
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