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White Oak Tree, wikimedia Commons
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Description
White Oak trees grow slowly, and become very large. Their acorns are a source of food for many animals, and their wood is extremely hard. They are often planted as property markers and live to be more than 300 years old in the Northeastern US.
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Image Credits
William Whitman's drawing of acorns in his copy of Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States by Asa Gray, 1868.
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