Swamp White Oak

Swamp White Oak

Taxobox
name = Swamp White Oak


image_caption = Morton Arboretum acc. 71-69-2
image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fagales
familia = Fagaceae
genus = "Quercus"
sectio = "Quercus"
species = "Q. bicolor"
binomial = "Quercus bicolor"
binomial_authority = Willd.

The Swamp White Oak ("Quercus bicolor"), is a species of oak in the white oak section "Quercus" section "Quercus", primarily found in the Midwestern and Eastern Seaboard regions of North America, from southernmost Quebec and southern Maine west to southern Minnesota. It is rare south of the Ohio River. As its name implies, it is a tree of wetlands, but grows farther north than the other wetland white oaks (Swamp Chestnut Oak and Overcup Oak). It is not a large tree, typically growing to 20-25m tall, with the tallest known reaching 29m.

The bark resembles the White Oak. The leaves are broad ovoid, 12-18 cm long and 7-11 cm broad, always more or less glaucous on the underside, and are shallowly lobed with five to seven lobes on each side, intermediate between the Chestnut Oak and the White Oak. In autumn, they turn brown, yellow-brown, or sometimes reddish, but generally, the color is not as reliable or as brilliant as White Oak can be. The fruit is an acorn, 1.5-2 cm (rarely 2.5 cm) long and 1-2 cm broad, maturing about 6 months after pollination.

It forms hybrids with Bur Oak where they occur together in the wild.

Cultivation and uses

It is one of the more important white oaks for lumber production. In recent years, the swamp white oak has become a popular landscaping tree, partly due to its relative ease of transplanting.

Cultivars

"Quercus robur fastigiata x Quercus bicolor" 'Nadler' Kindred Spirit Hybrid Oak

References

* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233501012 Flora of North America: "Quercus bicolor"]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=QUBI USDA Plants Profile: "Quercus bicolor"]
* [http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/quercus/bicolor.htm USFS Silvic Manual: "Quercus bicolor"]
* [http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/qubi.htm "Quercus bicolor" images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu]


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