80. Oregon White Oak

Among oaks it is characterized by stout twigs bearing large hairy buds, with deep dark green leaves, rounded in their lobes unlike red oak or Shumard red oak, and acorns which grow rather big in shallow cups. The rugged, broad branching habit of aged trees is inspiring, but though the wood is strong, it does break, and Indians learned the hard way not to camp underneath these trees. Today we plant more colorful, faster-growing oaks more than our native. The foreign species are also usually less prone to unsightly galls and leaf scorching.