What are some of the uses of the white oak tree?

Question

cultural uses, history, etc

Answer 1

Seeds of white oak are used as coffee substitute.

In former times the acorns provided a carbohydrate-rich food for humans, pigs, and wild game.

Medicinal Uses ( inner bark contains 6 - 11% tannin ):

antiseptic, astringent, expectorant, asthma , tonic.

Externally, it is used as a wash for skin eruptions, burns, rashes, bruises, ulcers etc

Galls produced on the tree are strongly astringent and can be used in the treatment of haemorrhages, chronic diarrhoea, dysentery etc

Other Uses.

fuel ( wood ), repellent ( mulch of the leaves repels slugs, grubs etc ), tannin ( bark ), wood ( cabinet making, construction, agricultural tools, ship-building, cooperage, carriage-making etc )

Galls have been used for tanning

Herbal and magical uses of oak species:

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The white oak (Quercus alba) symbolizes Oakland ( Quercopolitana )

Answer 2

Used to be beer, wine, and whiskey barrels.  Probably now just wine and whiskey barrels.  White oaks have tyloses in their vessel elements, thus making the wood water tight.

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