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.
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