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quercus, white oak bark
The dried inner bark of Quercus alba, white oak.
It contains tannic acid, pectin, and resin, and it is used as an astringent.
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California live oak; coastal live oak: The Quercus agrifolia is a highly variable, often shrubby, evergreen oak on the coastal zone of western North America. It has small thick normally spiny-toothed dark-green leaves.
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Quercus prinus
A medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States.
Its durable wood is used as timber or split and woven into baskets or chair seats.
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Quercus suber
A medium-sized evergreen oak of southern Europe and northern Africa having thick corky bark that is periodically stripped to yield commercial cork.
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Quercus variabilis
A medium to large deciduous tree of China, Japan, and Korea having a thick corky bark.
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Quercus virginiana
A medium-sized evergreen native to eastern North America to the east coast of Mexico.
Often cultivated as shade tree for its wide-spreading crown and extremely hard tough durable wood which was once used in shipbuilding.
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Quercus wizlizenii
A medium-small shrubby evergreen tree of western North America similar to the coast live oak but occurring chiefly in foothills of mountain ranges removed from the coast; an important part of the chaparral.
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