Fagaceae (Beech Family)

Chinkapin oak
Quercus muehlenbergii
Tree ID: 193
Date of tree entry: February 3, 2026

White Oak
Quercus alba
Tree ID: 184
Date of tree entry: February 4, 2025
Known colloquially as the only type of wood that could kill all vampires in The Vampire Diaries, the white oak is indeed as magical and powerful as it sounds! Not only does bark from the tree form stakes to kill vampires, but it is also used for barrels (called staves, so sometimes the tree is...

American Beech
Fagus grandifolia
Tree ID: 189
Date of tree entry: February 5, 2025
The American Beech tree is a medium sided tree that is native to eastern parts of North America. It produces beechnuts, which are eaten by squirrels, deer, and birds. When it grows, it has a large, sprawling canopy of green leaves. In the winter, it retains many of its leaves, now a curly, brown...

Eastern White Oak
Quercus alba
Tree ID: 147
Date of tree entry: February 7, 2023
The Quercus alba tree (also known as Eastern White Oak) has a spreading tree shape. It is native to primarily Eastern North America (some Central NA) and can be found all the way from Quebec, Canada to the northern parts of Florida, U.S (USDA, n.d.). The Q. alba tree usually grows to be about 24-...
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