Species profile
White Oak
Quercus alba
3,807 on Toronto's streets — 0.55% of the city's catalogued canopy.
🍁 Fall colour Oct 15 – Nov 10: wine-red to russet, often marcescent
Quercus alba, the white oak, is one of the preeminent hardwoods of eastern and central North America. It is a long-lived oak, native to eastern and central North America and found from Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, and southern Maine south as far as northern Florida and eastern Texas. Specimens have been documented to be over 450 years old.
Planting profile (from the City of Toronto)
| Native to | Native to Ontario |
| Mature size | Large, 20m high by 20m wide |
| Growth rate | Slow |
| Sensitivity | Very Sensitive |
| Best site | Lawns |
| Plants under overhead wires | No |
Where they cluster
| Neighbourhood | Trees |
|---|---|
| The Beaches | 228 |
| Princess-Rosethorn | 183 |
| Rosedale-Moore Park | 165 |
| East End-Danforth | 129 |
| High Park-Swansea | 111 |
| Edenbridge-Humber Valley | 107 |
| Birchcliffe-Cliffside | 101 |
| Kingsway South | 88 |
Notable specimens
- 200 cm DBH at 91 INGLEWOOD DR · view →
- 185 cm DBH at 268 RIVERSIDE DR TO, YK · view →
- 180 cm DBH at 1645 GERRARD ST E · view →
- 168 cm DBH at 8 CEDARCREST DR · view →
- 166 cm DBH at 892 DAVENPORT RD · view →
- 160 cm DBH at 88 BALSAM AVE · view →
- 157 cm DBH at 2 WAINWRIGHT DR · view →
- 155 cm DBH at 770 BRIAR HILL AVE · view →