User:Curtis Clark/Oak
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus, one of several related genera in the family Fagaceae, or any one of a number of trees in other families that have characteristics similar to those of Quercus.
Other Fagaceae
[edit]Various tanbark oak or stone oak species in genera:
Other plants
[edit]- Members of the Casuarinaceae have tough, dense wood reminiscent of species of Quercus used for timber.
- Allocasuarina, she-oak
- Allocasuarina decaisneana, desert oak
- Casuarina, she-oak
- Casuarina glauca, swamp oak
- Allocasuarina, she-oak
- Lagunaria of the Malvaceae is called white oak because__________
- A number of species of Proteaceae are called Silky oak because of their Quercus-like timber.
- Grey oak is used for a species of Casuarina and a species of Grevillea.
- Toxicodendron of the Anacardiaceae has two species called "poison oak", because of their leaf shape.