The Oaks 



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of boats, vehicles, cars, caskets, handles, pianos, organs, pumps, refrigerators, and 

 machinery frames. White oak, exclusively, is used for tight cooperage for alcoholic 

 liquids. 



GARRY 

 OAK 



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QUERCUS GARRYANA, Douglas 



GARRY OAK 



Common names: Garry oak, Pacific post oak, Oregon oak, 



Pacific white oak, British Columbia oak. 

 French name: Chene de Garry. 



The Garry oak in Canada is found only in British Columbia, along the east 

 coast of Vancouver island, on the islands of the strait of Georgia, and on the main- 

 land in the lower valley of the Fraser river. It is not a common tree and has no 

 value commercially. 



On good sites it is a tree 50 to 60 ft. high, and in poor locations is merely a 

 shrub. 



It is the only oak native to the Pacific coast in Canada, and therefore not 

 difl&cult to distinguish from other trees with which it associates. 



The young twigs and winter buds are conspicuously hairy. The ouds are 

 large for an oak, J^ to J^ in. long. 



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