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YELLOW OAK [5 records]

Record 1 2023-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A California evergreen oak... with oblong, leathery, often spiny-edged leaves covered on the underside with yellow tomentum.

CONT

A member of the white oak group, the canyon live oak(Q. chrysolepsis), a timber tree occasionally more than 27 m tall, is often called "goldencup oak" for its egg-shaped acorns, each enclosed at the base in a yellow, woolly cup.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Chêne à feuilles persistantes. Certaines feuilles ressemblent à celles du houx; le gland est couvert d'un duvet jaune et a une cupule écailleuse.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Fern-leaved yellow false foxglove is found in open savanna and woodland habitats along with black oak, its preferred host tree.

OBS

A plant of the family Orobanchaceae.

Key term(s)
  • fern leaved yellow false fox glove
  • fern leaved false fox glove
  • annual false fox glove
  • fernleaf yellow false foxglove
  • fernleaf yellow false fox glove
  • pedicelled false fox glove

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

La gérardie fausse-pédiculaire se rencontre dans les savanes et les forêts claires aux côtés du chêne des teinturiers, qui est son hôte de prédilection.

OBS

Plante de la famille des Orobanchaceae.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
CONT

Natural regeneration assessments are completed on all harvest openings three to five growing seasons following a harvest. Acceptable tree species for natural regeneration include red and black spruce, white pine, balsam fir, hemlock, sugar maple, yellow birch, red oak, and ash.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Essence naturellement établie, mais pour laquelle aucun traitement sylvicole n'est prodigué pour en modifier la proportion dans un peuplement ou sur une station donnée.

OBS

Les arbres d'une essence acceptable peuvent être éliminés lorsqu'ils nuisent au développement optimal de ceux d'une essence à promouvoir.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Wood
  • Silviculture
CONT

Because of the wide range of wood density in the hardwood tree species, people will often distinguish between "hard hardwoods"(e. g. hickory, oak, ash) and "soft hardwoods"(e. g. yellow poplar, gum, willow).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de bois
  • Sylviculture
CONT

Les bois de feuillus durs regroupent les espèces d'arbres angiospermes, portant des feuilles à limbes relativement larges qui, dans les régions tempérées, tombent normalement tous les ans. [...] l'érable à sucre [...] le bouleau jaune, le chêne rouge, le hêtre, le tilleul [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
DEF

A yellow discolo(u) ration in certain hardwoods, attributed to fungus attack, e. g. Paecilomyces variota in Quercus spp. which creates "golden Oak".

OBS

yellow-stain: term used in the Commonwealth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
DEF

Taches colorées attribuées, dans certains bois feuillus comme le chêne, à une atteinte fongique, ou bactérienne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de las plantas
  • Xilología (Estudio de la madera)
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