Quercus bicolor Willd. - Swamp White Oak


 

|  back  | forward |

Quercus bicolor - (image 1 of 6)

 

Taxonomy

Family: Fagaceae

Habitat

Moist woodlands, on floodplains or in flat areas where water stands in spring.

Associates

 

 Distribution

Quebec and ME, west to southern MI and central MN, south to NC, TN, and northern AR.

Morphology

Deciduous tree to 30 m high. Leaves simple, alternate, lower surface thinly stellate-pubescent or tomentose, with 7-11 bristle-tipped lobes; the lobes usually cut less than halfway to the midrib. Acorn cups broad and shallow, mostly more than 1.8 cm wide, with tightly appressed scales, the nut more than 2 cm long.

Notes

Flowers in May

Wetland indicator: Facultative Wetland +

Best known as a tree of moist soils, this species is remarkably adaptable to moderately dry soils in cultivation. It is particularly useful for difficult areas that flood in spring and dry out in the summer. Thought to occasionally hybridize with Q. alba, forming the hybrid Q. x jackiana C. K. Schneid.

References

Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.

The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY

 

Swink, F. and G. Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region.
Indiana Academy of Science. The Morton Arboretum. Lisle, Illinois.

 


Home

 

 Michael Hough © 2005