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.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Quercus michauxii
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus michauxii
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-007:
Quercus michauxii
FAMILY
Fagaceae
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Chestnut Oak, Basket Oak
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JK Marlow jkm090221_052
February Richland County SC
Congaree National Park
Leaves mostly obovate, w rounded teeth, hairs of leaf undersurface in clusters, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaves of Chestnut Oaks and Chinquapin Oaks
JK Marlow jkm090221_053
February Richland County SC
Congaree National Park
Bark thick, light gray, with scaly plates, similar to that of white oak, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_q_michauxii_leaves
September
Leaves generally broader relative to length than those of Chestnut Oak, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.