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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 large 60 to 100 foot height and 40 to 60 width tree with. It is a native the southeastern United States. Commonly found in well-drained bottomlands and flood plains. In Illinois, this species is native only in a few southern counties. It attracts migrant birds, small mammals and game birds.
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.
Basic Description. This oak has leaves similar to a Chestnut tree. They are leathery with the underside covered in soft hairs. Lovely scarlet-red fall color. A large and fairly fast growing oak with scaly bark. Magnificent in old age! Large, sweet acorns loved by wildlife and livestock.
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.
Jan 14, 2013 · Swamp chestnut oak is a native, medium to large (24 to 36 inches) mast-producing tree that can grow up to 100 feet tall. It is found in floodplains throughout the Southeast (see range map in the Gallery below) on moist, well-drained soils adjacent to bottomlands, small or big streams, or on the first terrace or ridge away from water.
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 is a valuable timber tree used for construction. Even though it is native to swamps and moist environments, the swamp chestnut oak does well as a street tree. Once it is established, it doesn’t require irrigation.
The swamp chestnut oak tree (Quercus michauxii) is a tricky species for many nature lovers to identify. See photos of the tree and learn some ID tips here.
