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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus bicolor
FAMILY
Fagaceae
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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
Flora of North America
Quercus bicolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-006:
Quercus bicolor
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quercus bicolor
COMMON NAME:
Swamp White Oak
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus bicolor
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus bicolor
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Quercus bicolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-006:
Quercus bicolor
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quercus bicolor
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Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas
Rare
Habitat: Bottomland swamps and wet forests with calcareous sediments, upland depression swamp forests over mafic rocks such as gabbro or diabase, per Weakley's Flora
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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!
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America p316
- 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