View
38
Download
0
Category
Tags:
Preview:
DESCRIPTION
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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Citation preview
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
Recommended