Quercus garryana (White Oak)

White Oak or Garry Oak is a majestic tree with spreading canopy of dark green, classically-oak-lobed leaves about three inches in diameter. Bark is an attractive fissured gray. Produces an abundance of reddish brown acorns, which are a favorite with many species of birds. Deciduous leaves turn yellow-brown in fall. Grows very large and densely in fertile soils, smaller and more contorted in poorer, rockier conditions. Tends to stay shrubbier in typical garden settings.

White oak is found growing everywhere from seasonally wet meadows to dry, rocky outcrops; but in the wetter locations still receives dry summer conditions. Plant in a sunny location with good drainage, where it won't get summer water