In the fall the color of the leaves turn a vivid yellow and, occasionally, a brownish purple. Swamp White Oak is often used as an ornamental. In the wild, it is a sturdy hardwood that makes up about ...

Some specimens have lived for more than 600 years. Although it's called the white oak, the bark on its trunk is ashen gray in ...

White oak leaves and marble-sized galls. Galls are growths on plants caused by invasions of parasites, viruses, fungi and bacteria -- making galls centers of activity for both attacks on a plant's ...