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Quercus michauxii, the swamp chestnut oak, is a species of oak in the white oak section Quercus section Quercus in the beech family. It is native to bottomlands and wetlands in the southeastern and midwestern United States, in coastal states from New Jersey to Texas, inland primarily in the Mississippi – Ohio Valley as far as Oklahoma ...
Swamp Chestnut Oak is a native deciduous tree that may grow 60 to 80 feet tall. The dense crown is rounded with an irregular spread. It is native to swampy areas and low woodlands of the southeastern coastal plain and the Mississippi river valley.
Swamp chestnut oak provides dense shade and good red fall color. It is useful as a parkway or as a shade tree in residential yards. It can be difficult to find in nurseries.
Swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii) is known also as basket oak, for the baskets made from its wood, and cow oak because cows eat the acorns. One of the important timber trees of the South, it grows on moist and wet loamy soils of bottom lands, along streams and borders of swamps in mixed hardwoods.
Swamp chestnut oak is a medium to large tree with a wide, rounded crown and bark resembling that of white oak. Leaves are alternate, simple, 4–8 inches long, broadest above the middle, margin with large, rounded or sometimes sharp teeth; tip pointed.
Quercus michauxii, commonly called swamp chestnut oak, is native to silty floodplains, swampy areas, rich sandy lowland woods and along streams primarily in coastal plain areas from New Jersey to northern Florida west to eastern Texas and up the Mississippi River Valley to southeastern Missouri and the southern parts of Illinois and Indiana ...
swamp chestnut oak. Data Source. Last Revised by: USDA NRCS National Plant Data Team. Curated and maintained by: USDA NRCS National Plant Data Team. Data Documentation. The PLANTS Database includes the following 38 data sources of Quercus michauxii Nutt.
The Swamp Chestnut Oak has leaves that are simple (no leaflets), alternately arranged on the stem, unlobed, and obovate in shape. The leaves have broad, rounded teeth along their margin and do not have a tapered tip. The leaves are dark green above and yellow-green and pubescent (hairy) below.
Found in moist bottomlands in the southeastern coastal plain and Mississippi valley, especially on terraces of streams, but not the lowest sites. Tolerates consistently wet soils and occasional flooding, but not prolonged flooding, and grows best in moist, but well-drained soils.
Swamp Chestnut Oak grows in moist woodlands in the Pineywoods and Gulf Prairies and Marshes of east Texas. It is a stately, long-lived tree that can grow as tall as 120 feet and often shows good fall color.
