Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Quercus bicolor
FAMILY
Fagaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read Edible Wild Plants: Oak from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus bicolor
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-006:
Quercus bicolor
FAMILY
Fagaceae
COMMON NAME:
Swamp White Oak
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_qubi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_qubi_004_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_quercus_bicolor
January
Bark grayish, scaly or with thick scaly ridges, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_q_bicolor_bark_1
August
Chattahoochee Nature Center
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_q_bicolor_fruit
August
Chattahoochee Nature Center
Acorn cup covering 1/2-3/4 of nut, scales slightly elongate-tipped near rim, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_q_bicolor_lvs_3
August
Chattahoochee Nature Center
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_quercus_bicolor_0447
October Hamilton County TN
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_quercus_bicolor_0448
October Hamilton County TN
A white oak to 60-70' tall with an open, rounded crown, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_quercus_bicolor_0450
October Hamilton County TN
Leaves w a velvety white underside are one of its distinguishing features, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Quercus bicolor
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus bicolor
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-006:
Quercus bicolor
FAMILY
Fagaceae
1182
Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Uncommon (rare south of VA)
Look for it in upland depression swamp forests over mafic rocks such as gabbro or diabase, bottomland swamps with calcareous sediments, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate, 5-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring
Unisexual
Staminate calyx 2-8 lobed, pistillate calyx 6-lobed
Petals absent
3-12 stamens in staminate flowers
Staminate flowers in clustered drooping catkins
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Acorn
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Landscaping with Native Trees p204
- Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America p014
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p165
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p279
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p22
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p266