Fagaceae
White oak
Quercus alba
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
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Common names
By language (30)
- Arabic
- سنديان أبيض
- Armenian
- Սպիտակ կաղնի
- arz
- سنديان ابيض
- Azerbaijani
- Ağ palıd
- Bulgarian
- Бял дъб
- Cantonese
- 白櫟
- Catalan
- Roure blanc americà
- Chinese
- 北美白橡, 美国白栎, 白橡木
- Czech
- Dub bílý
- Dutch
- Amerikaanse witte eik, Witte eik
- English
- White oak, Eastern white oak, Stave oak
- Finnish
- Rinnevalkotammi, Valkotammi
- French
- Chêne blanc, Chêne blanc d'Amérique
- Georgian
- Თეთრი მუხა
- German
- Amerikanische Weiß-Eiche, Amerikanische Weißeiche, Weisseiche, Weiß-Eiche, Weißeiche
- Hebrew
- אלון לבן
- Hungarian
- Fehér tölgy
- Icelandic
- Hvíteik
- Indonesian
- Pasang putih
- Japanese
- アルバオーク
- Latvian
- Baltais ozols
- Lithuanian
- Baltasis ąžuolas
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kviteik
- Persian
- بلوط سفید
- Polish
- Dąb biały
- Russian
- Дуб белый
- Slovenian
- Beli hrast, Ameriški hrast
- Swedish
- Vitek
- Turkish
- Ak meşe
- Welsh
- Derwen wen
Synonyms
- Quercus alba f. alba
- Quercus alba f. latiloba (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.
- Quercus alba f. pinnatifida (Michx.) Rehder
- Quercus alba f. repanda (Michx.) Trel.
- Quercus alba f. sublyrata Trel.
- Quercus alba f. viridis Trel.
- Quercus alba var. heterophylla Ettingsh. & Krasan
- Quercus alba var. latiloba Sarg.
- Quercus alba var. longigemma Trel.
- Quercus alba var. microcarpa A.DC.
- Quercus alba var. pinnatifida Michx.
- Quercus alba var. repanda Michx.
- Quercus alba var. ryderi Trel.
- Quercus alba var. subcaerulea Pickens & M.C.W.Pickens
- Quercus alba var. subflavea Pickens & M.C.W.Pickens
- Quercus candida hort. ex Steud.
- Quercus nigrescens Raf.
- Quercus ramosa hort. ex Dippel
- Quercus repanda Michx.
- Quercus retusa Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 62 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jeff Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jeff Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Atha, CC0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Austin Pursley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: sophia_herrmeyer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist ![White oak: White Oak tree located in West Hartford, Connecticut. This is a Connecticut state co-champion white oak. [ 1 ] Photo taken 6/17/2013.](/plants/quercus-alba/photos/ab721da39cebbf7d-s.webp)
Photo: Marty Aligata, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alicia Ballard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Katja Schulz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
![White oak: White Oak tree located in West Hartford, Connecticut. This is a Connecticut state co-champion white oak. [ 1 ] Photo taken 6/17/2013.](/plants/quercus-alba/photos/ab721da39cebbf7d-l.webp)
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- Daimyo oakQuercus dentataFagaceae
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.