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Willow Oak

Quercus phellos, the willow oak, also peach oak, water oak, and swamp chestnut oak, is a North American species of a deciduous tree in the red oak group of oaks. It is native to the south-central and eastern United States.

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willow oak (Quercus phellos) observed in Peace St at Smallwood Dr, ...

Willow oaks lining Raleigh streets provide dense summer shade and drop small acorns that feed bir...

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Quercus phellos
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Fagales
Hardiness: Zone 4
Habit: tree
Bloom: Mid Spring