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 color. The leaves have a glossy green surface and turn shades of ...

Leaves – deciduous ... Fruit – 1-1/4″ long and stalked with a slightly fringed cup. Bark – peely on upper limbs with blocky or scaly ridges. Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor) can occasionally be found ...

Figure 1: Smooth patch symptoms beginning to merge on trunk of white oak ... bark tissues, they do not affect the health of the tree. No control measures are needed. Woodland Stewardship for ...