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Ornamental Plants plus Version 3.0 - 00001214
11/12/99
Quercus alba--White Oak
Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9
Height: 70 ft Spread: 70 ft Form: rounded
Type: deciduous tree
Annual Growth Rate: less than 12 inches
Comments: White Oak is a long-lived, slow growing tree.
White Oak (Vis. 1) grows in sun or partial shade and prefers
a moist well-drained soil and does not want to be disturbed
once established. The dark green summer foliage turns to
shades of red (Vis. 2) in the fall.
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