Swamp White Oak

Basisdaten

description:

The Swamp white oak is native to North America. The tree can be over 300 years old. The oak is important for the American timber industry.

Tree profile

name botanical:

Quercus bicolor

family:

Beech family (Fagaceae)

species:

deciduous tree

height:

up to 25 m (82 ft)

leaf:

The leaves of the Swamp white oak are broad ovoid, green, sinuate, lobed with 10 to 14 lobes and stalked. The leaf is 12 – 18 cm (4.7 – 7.1 in) long and 7 – 11 cm (2.8 – 4.3 in). The petiole is often reddish. The underside of the leaf is tomentose silvery. The leaf margin is smooth.

leaf shape:

sinuate

leaf margin:

smooth

leaf position:

alternate

fall foliage:

bright red

flowering:

May - June

blossom color:

yellowish - greenish

blossom description:

The male bloom conditions are yellowish-green, drooping. The female flower is inconspicuous and reddish.

gender distribution:

monoecious

fruit:

The acorns are brown and oval.

branches:

The branches are smooth and gray, the ends of branches ridged. The branches often grow in a zigzag shape. The buds are small, round and brown.

bark:

The bark is gray - gray-green and shallow furrows.

root:

Shallow - heart-rooting plant

location:

Sun

soil:

sandy to loamy to strong loamy

ph value:

slightly acid to slightly alkaline

usage:

single tree in parks and large gardens

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