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

Oregon White Oak, Garry Oak

Quercus garryana var. garryana

Upper leaf surfaces of Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Lower leaf surfaces of Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

Upper (left) and lower (right) leaf surfaces of Oregon white oak as seen atop Castle Rock, Willamette National Forest........June 24, 2018.

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

What may be Oregon white oak (based on the appearance of what appears to be a single trunk) as seen atop Grizzly Peak, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument......October 14, 2019. If not, then this would be Brewer's oak (Quercus garryana var. breweri).

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.

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