| swamp chestnut oak Quercus michauxii Fagaceae (white oak) |
Leaves are simple, alternate, deciduous, obovate (wider towards the tip) with regular, rounded and shallow lobes. Lobes may be smooth or with mucronate tips. Bark is gray-brown and scaly. Terminal buds are ovoid, red-maroon, and smooth. Fruit is an acorn 1 1/2 inches long with the cap covering half the nut. The acorn matures in one season. Swamp chestnut oak is found on wet sites in the east and central U.S. and is intolerant of shade. Swamp chestnut oak can be distinguished from chestnut oak and chinkapin oak by more obovate leaves, a larger acorn, and habitat. The wood is used as white oak lumber and was once used in making baskets. Acorns eaten by game birds, deer, and many small mammals.
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