Definition of Quercus phellos

1. Noun. Medium to large deciduous oak of the eastern United States having long lanceolate leaves and soft strong wood.

Exact synonyms: Willow Oak
Generic synonyms: Oak, Oak Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quercus Phellos

Quercus laevis
Quercus laurifolia
Quercus lobata
Quercus lyrata
Quercus macrocarpa
Quercus marilandica
Quercus michauxii
Quercus mongolica
Quercus montana
Quercus muehlenbergii
Quercus myrtifolia
Quercus nigra
Quercus nuttalli
Quercus palustris
Quercus petraea
Quercus phellos (current term)
Quercus prinoides
Quercus prinus
Quercus robur
Quercus rubra
Quercus sessiliflora
Quercus shumardii
Quercus stellata
Quercus suber
Quercus texana
Quercus vaccinifolia
Quercus variabilis
Quercus velutina
Quercus virginiana
Quercus wislizenii

Literary usage of Quercus phellos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Quercus phellos L. Willow Oak. Peach or Sand-Jack Oak. Fig. 1526. Quercus phellos L. Sp. PI. 994. 1753. A tree, with slightly roughened reddish-brown bark, ..."

2. List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta Growing Without Cultivation in by Botanical Club (1894)
"Quercus phellos L. Sp. 994 (1753). 1395. Quercus phellos X rubra Hollick, Bull. ... Quercus phellos X coccinea Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 3: 541 (1877). ..."

3. Catalogue of the Library of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University by Ethelyn Maria Tucker, Charles Sprague Sargent (1917)
"Q. laurifolia Harper, RM Competition between two oaks [Quercus phellos and Q. laurifolia. Denver, etc. 1907]. Q. Leana Fischer, Walter. ..."

4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Quercus phellos L. Willow oak Deciduous tree Low, moist or seasonally wet woods. Quercus phellos x rubra Bartram oak Deciduous tree Low, moist woods on or ..."

5. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Quercus phellos L. Willow oak Deciduous tree Low, moist or seasonally wet woods. Quercus phellos x rubra Bartram oak Deciduous tree Low, moist woods on or ..."

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