Everything about The Swamp Chestnut Oak totally explained
The
Swamp Chestnut Oak (
Quercus michauxii) is a species of
oak in the
white oak section Quercus section
Quercus, native to bottomlands and wetlands in the southern and central
United States, from
New Jersey south to northern
Florida, and west to
Missouri and eastern
Texas; it's rare north of the
Ohio River.
The Swamp Chestnut Oak closely resembles the
Chestnut oak Quercus prinus, and for that reason has sometimes been treated as a variety of that species. However, the Swamp Chestnut Oak is a larger tree which differs in preferred habitat, and the
bark doesn't have the distinctive deep, rugged ridging of the Chestnut Oak, being thinner, scaly, and paler gray. It typically grows to around 20 m tall, though the tallest specimen currently known is 40m tall.
The
leaves are simple, 10-28 cm long and 5-18 cm broad, with 15-20 lobe-like, rounded simple teeth on each side, similar to Chestnut Oak and
Chinkapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii, although they generally don't achieve the more slender form that those trees may exhibit at times. The
fruit is an
acorn 2.5-3.5 cm long and 2-2.5 cm broad, borne on a 2-3 cm peduncle; it's mature in the fall, about 6 months after pollination.
The Swamp Chestnut Oak is also called "Cow Oak" because of its large, relatively sweet (for an oak)
acorns, which are readily eaten by
livestock. However, these trees will only bear heavy crops at intervals of several years. It is also called "Basket Oak" because of its high-quality wood, which can be sliced into flexible strips suitable for basket weaving. The
wood is similar to, and usually marketed mixed with, other white oaks.
It is sometimes cultivated as a large garden tree, and is quite easy to grow if it isn't subject to extreme urban conditions.
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