Fagaceae
Oregon white oak
Quercus garryana
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
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Common names
By language (12)
- Catalan
- Roure d'Oregon blanc
- Chinese
- 俄勒冈白栎, 俄勒岡白櫟, 俄勒岗白栎, 俄州白櫟, 奧里根白樺
- Czech
- Dub oregonský
- English
- Oregon white oak, Brewer oak, Garry oak, Post oak, Oregon oak
- Finnish
- Oregoninvalkotammi
- French
- Chêne de Garry
- Georgian
- Ორეგონის თეთრი მუხა
- German
- Oregon-Eiche
- Hebrew
- אלון אורגון לבן
- Japanese
- オレゴン・ホワイト・オーク
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Oregoneik
- Spanish
- Roble oregon blanco, Roble oregón blanco
Synonyms
- Quercus douglasii var. neaie (Liebm.) A.DC.
- Quercus patula G.Hansen
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.