Oak
Timber from trees of the genus Quercus.
How it connects
Oak is a kind of Hardwood.
Oak includes Mongolian oak, Sessile oak, European oak, Red oak and White oak.
Oak is filed under Wood.
Other kinds of Hardwood: Acacia, Afrormosia, Alder, Angelique, Anigre, Ash, Balau, Balsa, Basswood, Beech, Birch, Bubinga, Cherry, Chestnut, Cumaru, Ebony, Elm, Eucalyptus, Garapa, Hickory, Ipe, Iroko, Jatoba, Kempas, Limba, Madrone, Mahogany, Makore, Maple, Merbau, Mesquite, Padauk, Paulownia, Pear, Poplar, Purpleheart, Rosewood, Rubberwood, Sapele, Sucupira, Sweetgum, Sycamore, Teak, Tigerwood, American tulipwood, Walnut, Wenge and Zebrawood.
In other taxonomies
- OakUniclass, Ma_60_97_58nearly the same
- oak (wood)Getty AAT, 300012264nearly the same
- oakwoodWikidata, Q2075708nearly the same
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Oak
49 terms, Oak to Zebrawood
Narrower than Oak
The word “oak”
2 meanings
- OakMaterial, this termNo default
- oakColorScope named colorNo default
Record
- Broader
- Hardwood
- Narrower
- Mongolian oak · Sessile oak · European oak · Red oak · White oak
- Provenance
- referencedhttps://research.fs.usda.gov/download/treesearch/37440.pdf, read 30 Aug 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/oakKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- narrowerHardwoodincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderHardwoodoutgoing
- narrowerMongolian oakoutgoing
- narrowerSessile oakoutgoing
- narrowerEuropean oakoutgoing
- narrowerRed oakoutgoing
- narrowerWhite oakoutgoing
- broaderMongolian oakincoming
- broaderSessile oakincoming
- broaderEuropean oakincoming
- broaderRed oakincoming
- broaderWhite oakincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Hardwoodoutgoing
- ancestor (derived)Woodoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Mongolian oakoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Sessile oakoutgoing
- descendant (derived)European oakoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Red oakoutgoing
- descendant (derived)White oakoutgoing
- descendant (derived)American white oakoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Acaciaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Afrormosiaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Alderoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Angeliqueoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Anigreoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Ashoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Balauoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Balsaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Basswoodoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Beechoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Birchoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Bubingaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Cherryoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Chestnutoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Cumaruoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Ebonyoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Elmoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Eucalyptusoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Garapaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Hickoryoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Ipeoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Irokooutgoing
- sibling (derived)Jatobaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Kempasoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Limbaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Madroneoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Mahoganyoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Makoreoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Mapleoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Merbauoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Mesquiteoutgoing
This page is bounded; use the public graph endpoint for a larger projection.
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniclass | Ma_60_97_58 | Oak | nearly the same |
| Getty AAT | 300012264 | oak (wood) | nearly the same |
| Wikidata | Q2075708 | oakwood | nearly the same |