Oak

Quercus

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Quercus (Oak) is a genus of tree in the family Fagaceae. They are native to The Contiguous United States, Eastern North America, Western North America, Canada, and North America. Individuals can grow to 10.9 m.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900033
Definition: whole plant arborescent

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q578170

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URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/eastern_north_america
Definition: From the Atlantic to central North America. May include Saskatchewan, Texas, and/or Guanajuato

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URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/western_north_america
Definition: From the Pacific to central North America. May include Saskatchewan, Texas, and/or Guanajuato

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/6251999

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/6255149

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EOL has data for 10 attributes, including:

geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Algeria
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/2589581
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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plantation
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000117
- Definition: An intentional planting of a crop, on a large scale, usually for uses other than cereal production or pasture. The term is currently most often used for plantings of trees and shrubs. The term tends also to be used for plantings maintained on economic bases other than that of subsistence farming.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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leaf sheddability
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0008548
- Definition: A plant's disposition to lose leaves by a natural process
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evergreen
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001733
- Definition: Evergreen (plant): A quality inhering in a plant by virtue of the bearer's disposition to retain foliage.
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life cycle habit
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0002725
- Definition: Determined for type of life cycle being annual, biennial, perennial etc.
- Comment: The life cycle habit indicates the typical duration of an individual plant's life. Common values are annual, biennial, and perennial. Some plants have different durations depending on environment or location, so a plant can have more than one value.
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perennial
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073
- Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic
- Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossaryi_p.html#perennial
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native range includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NativeRange
- Definition: Lists jurisdictions in which a given organism is a member of the undisturbed fauna or flora.
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Western North America
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/western_north_america
- Definition: From the Pacific to central North America. May include Saskatchewan, Texas, and/or Guanajuato
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plant growth form
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900032
- Definition: whole plant growth form. eg: herbaceous, tree, liana
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woody
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q757163
- Definition: a plant that produces wood as its structural tissue. Wood is a structural cellular adaptation that allows woody plants to grow from above ground stems year after year, thus making some woody plants the largest and tallest terrestrial plants. Wood is usually primarily composed of xylem cells with cell walls made of cellulose and lignin
- Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_plant
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plant height
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0000207
- Definition: A stature and vigor trait (TO:0000133) which is associated with the height of a whole plant (PO:0000003).
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10.9 m
stem diameter
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0000875
- Definition: linear distance through the cross section of the stem or trunk, passing through the center
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0.066 m

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of oak. View this species on GBIF

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Oak

Quercus

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