[The Beech Family East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

A well-munched Oregon white oak as seen on former rangeland in the Klickitat State Wildlife Area.........May 24, 2009. Note the older oaks on the hillside in the background which display the more normal form.

Close-up views of the flowers and newly emerged leaves of garry white oak as seen along Canyon Creek in the Klickitat State Wildlife Area of south-central Washington..........May 8, 2009.

2018 was a great year for successful production of acorns for the garry oak in south-central Washington. These were spotted on the ground along one of the trails at Brooks Memorial State Park near Satus Pass........October 10, 2018.

Oregon white oaks observed at Brooks Memorial State Park off US Highway 97 near Satus Pass........October 23, 2022. Note the fall colors on the oaks beginning to appear. This was the site of the September 2011 Monastary Fire which killed some oaks at this location, but generally killed only the above ground trunks and limbs. After cooler fires, many stems will arise from the base of an oak to eventually grow into new oaks, or in the case of the tree at left, the outer branches were killed by the heat but new stems are sprouting from growth nodes at the bases of the old branches.