Kebnat

Quercus

7 species

In Québec, the genus Quercus (family Fagaceae) counts 7 species of plants. The stars? Northern red oak, Bur oak and White oak, the most often observed. The richest region: Estrie, with 6 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Estrie6
  2. Montréal6
  3. Outaouais6
  4. Laurentides6
  5. Montérégie6
  6. Laval5
  7. Lanaudière5
  8. Centre-du-Québec5
  9. Bas-Saint-Laurent3
  10. Capitale-Nationale3
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches3
  12. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean2
  13. Mauricie2
  14. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2
  15. Côte-Nord1
  16. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine1

Quercus 7

Fagales
All2,855Poales529Asterales316Lamiales214Rosales205Caryophyllales204Malpighiales120Asparagales119Brassicales109Ranunculales98Ericales95Fabales91Alismatales74Saxifragales68Polypodiales60Apiales51Dipsacales50Gentianales50Solanales43Fagales38Boraginales33Malvales29Myrtales29Sapindales27Pinales26Liliales22Ophioglossales20Lycopodiales18Geraniales17Cornales14Celastrales12Equisetales9Vitales7Commelinales6Cucurbitales6Nymphaeales5Oxalidales5Piperales5Osmundales4Aquifoliales3Santalales3Selaginellales3Acorales2Buxales2Ceratophyllales2Isoetales2Salviniales2Crossosomatales1Ginkgoales1Hymenophyllales1Laurales1Magnoliales1Marchantiales1Proteales1Schizaeales1
Fagaceae
All38Betulaceae19Fagaceae10Juglandaceae6Myricaceae3
Northern red oak12,020 observations
Bur oak1,533 observations
White oak556 observations
Swamp white oak293 observations
English oak51 observations
Pin oak12 observations
Scarlet oakQuercus coccinea