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Home › Science › Botany › Trees Native to Canada › Fagaceae

Fagaceae





Name Height Leaf Fruit Region
Beech
Fagus grandifolia
80′ alternate, single, elongated oval, 2″ – 5″ bristly reddish-brown husk, pyramidal nut, .5″ Deciduous, southern Great Lakes – St. Lawrence, and Acadian
Chestnut
Castanea dentata
used to be 100′, now 30′ alternate, single, tapering to both ends, 6″ – 9″ by 2″ 5 nuts in spring bur-like husk, 2″ across Deciduous
White Oak
Quercus alba
100′ 7-9 narrow lobes, deeply cut between, 6″ by 3″ acorn in bowl-shaped cup, .5″ – .75″ Deciduous, extending into southern Great Lakes – St. Lawrence
Garry Oak
Quercus garryana
can be 75′ 5-7 rounded lobes, deep notches between, 5″ by 3″ acorn in saucer-shaped cup, 1″ – 1.25″ part of Coast on Vancouver Island and nearby islands
Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
50′ variable outline, expanded upper portion, short lower portion, 7″ by 3.5″ acorn in deep cup with knobby scales, .25″ – 1.25″ deciduous, parts of Boreal and Acadian, most of Great Lakes – St. Lawrence
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
50′ – 60′ shallow lobes, broad end, tapering to wedge-shaped base, 5.5″ by 3″ – 4″ acorn in deep saucer-shaped cup, with swollen scales, .75″ – 1.25″ Deciduous, part of Great Lakes – St. Lawrence
Chinquapin Oak
Quercus bergii
90′ in forest, 40′ in open lance-shaped, narrow tip, toothed, 5″ by 2.5″ acorn in deep cup, .5″ – .75″ Deciduous, small area northeast of Lake Ontario
Chestnut Oak
Quercus prinus
up to 40′ blunt teeth with notches between a little bigger than A. bergii Deciduous
Red Oak
Quercus rubra
60′ – 80′, can be 100′ 7-9 lobes, tapered to tip and separated by V-shaped notches, 7″ by 3″ – 4″ acorn in shallow bowl-shaped cup, .75″ – 1.25″ Deciduous, Great Lakes – St. Lawrence, and Acadian
Black Oak
Quercus velutina
70′ 7-9 oblique lobes, separated by U-shaped notches, 6″ by 4″ acorn in deep bowl-shaped cup, .5″ – .75″ Deciduous, some north of Lake Ontario
Pin Oak
Quercus palustris
50′ – 60′ 5-7 widespreading lobes, deep U-shaped notches, 4.5″ acorn in shallow saucer, .5″ small areas of Deciduous




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