Showing posts with label White Oak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label White Oak. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

23. White Oak


This time I didn't have my camera on our walk. This leaf is from a very young specimen of an important lumber tree, Quercus alba, also called "Stave Oak," because the wood is used for making whiskey barrels and barrels for other liquids. Used for shipbuilding in colonial times.