Plant Details
Quercus michauxii
Swamp Chestnut Oak, Basket Oak, Cow Oak
Scientific Name: |
Quercus michauxii |
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Common Name: |
Swamp Chestnut Oak, Basket Oak, Cow Oak |
Plant Family |
Fagaceae (Beech Family) |
Native/Alien: |
Native |
Type: |
Deciduous Tree |
Size in Feet: |
100 |
Bloom Area: |
Coast, Piedmont |
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Leaves The leaves are roughly diamond-shaped, wider above the middle, and pale underneath. Up to 6" wide and 9" long.
Jack Spruill, Hampstead, July, 2010 Q. michauxii grows best in bottomlands that are periodically flooded. The acorns are sweet and prized by small mammals and by livestock (thus the Cow Oak name.) |
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Bark Bark is pale gray with scaly plates, similar to White Oak, Q. alba.
Jack Spruill, Hampstead, July, 2010 |
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Fall leaves
Jack Spruill, Hampstead, Nov 2010 |
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Links: |
USDA PLANTS Database Record |
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