#white oak

A bump-out in the south wall provides extra space for a small eating area and allows the glancing sun in for breakfast.

Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern North America. It also faces declining seedling recruitment in many parts of its range. In a paper published in New Phytologist, researchers representing the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Indiana University, the University of Kentucky, the U.S. Forest Service and several more institutions describe for the first time the species' complex genome, providing insights into fundamental questions about plant evolution, tree breeding and genetic improvement efforts that could help forest managers plan for and address future forest resources.

Wool sower galls on white oak

Made by a wasp laying its eggs on the tree...somehow the tree reacts to the wasp secretions and creates this thing and the wasp grubs develop inside.

It looks cute and fluffy, but .....ewwwww. 🤢

I love trees.

No flowers today, just tree leaves.

Frost Grape, cyanotype photogram with 23k gold White oak, cyanotype with watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil