OAKS
The flowers are catkins
High tannin content. Tannin produces kidney damage in horses.
Oak galls (made by a wasp). Ingredient in manuscript ink.
subgenus Lepidobalanus (White oaks)
The white oaks (synonym Lepidobalanus).
Styles short; acorns mature in 6 months, sweet to slightly bitter, shell hairless.
Species alba
Genus Quercus.Lepidobalanus.alba - White Oak - eastern North America
White Oak is often used to make wine barrels
Species Alba
White Oak
Species arizonica - Arizona White Oak # (evergreen) - southwestern U.S., nw. Mexico
Species berberidifolia - California Scrub Oak - California
Species bicolor - Swamp White Oak - eastern & midwestern North America
Species cornelius-mulleri - Muller Oak - southwestern North America
Species douglasii - Blue Oak
Species douglasii
Species douglasii - Blue Oak
Blue OAK- California
Species dumosa - Coastal Scrub Oak - southern California
Species durata - Leather Oak - California
Species engelmannii - Engelmann Oak # (evergreen) - southwestern California
Species gambelii - Gambel Oak - southwestern North America
Species garryana - Garry Oak - western North America
Species john-tuckeri - Tucker's Oak - southwestern North America
Species LOBATA
Species Quercus.Lepidobalanus.lobata - Valley Oak or California White Oak - California
Species LOBATA
Species LOBATA
CALIFORNIA VALLEY OAK
Species mohriana - Mohr Oak - southwestern North America
Species Morehus
California Oracle OAK
Species Macroca - Burr Oak
Species Macroca
Burr OAK
Species Ilex - Holly Oak
Species Ilex
Holly OAK
Species oblongifolia - Mexican Blue Oak # (evergreen) - southwestern U.S., nw. Mexico
Species rugosa - Netleaf Oak # (evergreen) - southwestern U.S., nw. Mexico
Species sadleriana - Deer Oak - sw. Oregon, northern California
Species turbinella - Scrub Live Oak # (evergreen) - southwestern North America
Species vaseyana - Vasey Oak - southwestern North America
subgenus Section Mesobalanus
subgenus Section Protobalanus
Subgenus: Section Protobalanus
The intermediate oaks. Southwest USA & northwest Mexico.
Styles short, acorns mature in 18 months, very bitter, inside of acorn shell woolly.
Species Quercus.Protobalanus.cedrosensis - Cedros Island Oak # (evergreen) - Baja California
Species chrysolepis - Canyon Live Oak # (evergreen) - southwestern North America
Species palmeri - Palmer Oak # (evergreen) - sw. Oregon, California, western Arizona
Species tomentella - Island Oak # (evergreen) - California offshore islands
Species vacciniifolia - Huckleberry Oak # (evergreen) - southwestern North America
subgenus Cerris
Section Cerris
Europe, Asia, north Africa. Styles long; acorns mature in 18 months, very bitter, inside of acorn shell hairless or slightly hairy.
Species Quercus.Cerris. acutissima - Sawtooth Oak - eastern Asia
Species alnifolia - Golden Oak - Cyprus
Species calliprinos - Palestine Oak # (evergreen) - southwestern Asia
Species castaneifolia - Chestnut-leaved Oak # (evergreen) - Caucasus, Iran (Persia)
Species cerris - Turkey Oak - southern Europe, southwestern Asia
Species coccifera - Kermes Oak # (evergreen) - southern Europe
Species libani - Lebanon Oak - southwestern Asia
Species macrolepis - Vallonea Oak - southwestern Asia
Species semecarpifolia - Brown Oak or Kharshu Oak # (evergreen) - Himalaya
species SUBER
Species Quercus.Cerris. suber - Cork Oak # (evergreen) - southwestern Europe, northwestern Africa
The bark of Quercus suber, or Cork oak, is used to produce wine stoppers (corks).
This species grows in the Mediterranean Sea
subgenus Lobatae
red oak section
SubGenus Section Lobatae:
The red oaks (synonym sect. Erythrobalanus). North, Central & South America. Styles long, acorns mature in 18 months, very bitter, inside of acorn shell woolly.
Species RUBRA
Species Quercus.Lobatae. rubra is the most prized of the red oak group for lumber, all of which is marketed as red oak regardless of the species of origin.
Species acerifolia - Maple-leaved Oak or Mapleleaf Oak # (evergreen) - south central North America
Species agrifolia - Coast Live Oak # (evergreen) - California, northern Baja California
Species arkansana - Arkansas Oak - Southeastern North America
Species buckleyi - Buckley Oak - southwestern North America
Species canbyi - Canby Oak # (evergreen) - Mexico
Species emoryi - Emory Oak - southwestern U.S., northern Mexico
Species falcata - Southern Red Oak or Spanish Oak - southeastern North America
Species gravesii - Chisos Red Oak - Mexico, southwestern North America (Texas)
Species graciliformis - # (evergreen) - Extreme SW North America
Species georgiana - Georgia Oak - southeastern North America
Species hypoleucoides - Silverleaf Oak # (evergreen) - southwestern North America
Species kelloggii - California Black Oak - California, sw. Oregon
Species kelloggii
Black Oak
Species parvula - Island Scrub Oak - California offshore islands
Species wislizenii - Interior Live Oak (evergreen) - California
Species wislizenii - Interior Live Oak
Interior Live Oak
