Adopt a Tree Kimberly Thompson

&Rayshawn Goode

Interesting facts Common Name-White Oak

Scientific Name-Quereus Alba (Latin)

Belong to the Beech Family ( Fagaceae)

Illinois State tree since 1973

White Oaks have male and female flowers.

The male flowers are greenish-yellow, catkins up to four inches long, which hang from twigs.• Catkin - A thick, cylinder-shaped cluster of flowers on a tree. Catkins often droop.

Some larger animals, such as Raccoons and Opossums, use White Oaks as dens if they have become hollow.

Discription ScalyTall

Branches that curve outward

V-ShapedHome to many

ShadyRotting

Our PoemWhite Oak

Rooted, Twisted Hanging, Shading, Living

Habitat, Home, Community, Shady Giving, Receiving, Spreading

Old, Tall,Tree

Work Sited http://

www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/white_oak.htm