Oregon White Oak, Garry Oak
Quercus garryana var. garryana
A white oak grove on shallow-soiled slopes high above the north bank of the White Salmon River, Buck Creek Trail, Mount Adams, Gifford Pinchot National Forest......May 29, 2020. Oregon white oaks were probably more common in the open forests of pre-white settlement times, but the mixed coniferous forest has gotten pretty dense in areas not thinned or burned over the last 60 plus years on the south and southeastern sides of Mt. Adams.
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A large oregon white oak beginning to bloom and leaf out as seen at left along the wildlife area access road west of Grayback Mountain Road, Klickitat Wildlife Area.........April 26, 2016. The photo at right shows one of the remaining large oaks (40' high or so) near the north rim of Outlet Creek canyon, Klickitat Canyon Community Forest.........June 9, 2022.
Note that smaller doug firs are beginning to grow up around it.
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Oregon white oaks blooming and leafing out at the Klickitat Wildlife Area several miles south of Grayback Mountain.......May 7, 2020.
The photo above shows a close-up of the pinnately
lobed leaf of Oregon white oak as seen at 4100' at a DNR rock quarry atop the
ridge dividing the Cougar and Dairy Creek drainages at the southeastern corner
of Mt. Adams.........July 10, 2005.
The photo above shows a close-up of the pinnately lobed leaf
of Oregon white oak as seen at 4100' at a DNR rock quarry atop the ridge dividing
the Cougar and Dairy Creek drainages at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams..........June
12, 2005. The glossy, upper leaf surface is shown at the left while the short-haired
ventral leaf surface is shown at right.
Acorns observed on Oregon white oaks on the rolling hills between Grayback Mountain Road and Sheep Canyon at the Klickitat Wildlife Area......September 25, 2019. The 2018 and 2019 growing seasons were quite favorable for producing multitudes of acorns for wildlife to consume.
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Oregon white oaks observed at the Klickitat Breaks, Soda Springs Unit, Klickitat Wildlife Area.....October 9, 2021. The Northern Paiute might call the large tree at right a moo'a tree (grandmother tree).
The photo above shows Oregon white oak as seen at about 4100' at a rock quarry
atop the ridge separating the Dairy Creek and Cougar Creek drainages at the
southeastern corner of Mt. Adams..........May 23, 2005.
Paul Slichter