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Adopt a Tree

Adopt a Tree . Kimberly Thompson & Rayshawn Goode. Interesting facts. Common Name-White Oak Scientific Name- Quereus Alba (Latin) Belong to the Beech Family ( Fagaceae ) Illinois State tree since 1973. White Oaks have male and female flowers.

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Adopt a Tree

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  1. Adopt a Tree Kimberly Thompson & Rayshawn Goode

  2. Interesting facts Common Name-White Oak Scientific Name-Quereus Alba (Latin) Belong to the Beech Family ( Fagaceae) Illinois State tree since 1973

  3. White Oaks have male and female flowers. • The male flowers are greenish-yellow, catkins up to four inches long, which hang from twigs. • Catkin - A thick, cylinder-shaped cluster of flowers on a tree. Catkins often droop.

  4. Some larger animals, such as Raccoons and Opossums, use White Oaks as dens if they have become hollow.

  5. Discription Scaly Tall Branches that curve outward V-Shaped Home to many Shady Rotting

  6. Our Poem White Oak Rooted, Twisted Hanging, Shading, Living Habitat, Home, Community, Shady Giving, Receiving, Spreading Old, Tall,Tree

  7. Work Sited http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/white_oak.htm

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