FAGACEAE 



Swamp White Oak 



Quercus bicolor Willd, 



HABIT. A medium-sized tree 50-70 feet high and 2-3 feet 

 in diameter (max. 100 by bVi feet); trunk often limby; crown 

 irregular, open. 



LEAVES. Deciduous; obovatc to oblong-obovate ; 5-7 inches 

 long; coarsely sinuate-crenate or dentate, or often shallowly 

 and irregularly lobed; dark green and lustrous above, paler 

 and slightly hairy to woolly below. 



FRUIT. Maturing in one year; on characteristic stalks 1-4 

 inches long; acorn Y^-VA inches long, ovoid, light brown; 

 enclosed for about /s length in thick, light brown, fringed, 

 hairy cup; inner surface of nut shell glabrous; kernel sweet. 



TWIGS. Slender to rather stout; dark brown. Winter buds: 

 1/8 inch long, orange-brown, globose, nearly glabrous. 



BARK. Thick; dark brown; deeply furrowed into blocky 

 or long, scaly ridges; on younger parts separated into curly, 

 papery scales. 



WOOD. Moderately important; similar to Q. alba. 



SILVICAL CHARACTERS. Similar to Q. alba; moist to 



wet sites. 



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Chinkapin Oak 

 Quercus muehlenbergii Engelm. 



HABIT. A medium-sized tree 50-70 feet high and 1-3 feet 

 in diameter (max. 160 by 4^/2 feet); narrow, rounded crown 

 with rather short, ascending branches. 



LEAVES. Deciduous; obovate to oblong-lanceolate; 4-7 

 inches long; coarsely serrate with gland-tipped teeth; thick; 

 lustrous yellow-green above, paler and hairy below. 



FRUIT. Maturing in one year; sessile or nearly so; acorn 

 Yl-y^ inch long, chestnut-brown to black, ovoid; enclosed for 

 about Vi length in thin, hairy cup with small scales; inner sur- 

 face of nut shell glabrous; kernel sweet. 



TWIGS. Slender; orange to gray-brown; glabrous. Winter 

 buds: Yq inch long, orange-brown, acute, conical. 



BARK. Thin; ash-gray; roughly shallowly furrowed or scaly. 



WOOD. Moderately important; similar to Q_. alba. 



SILVICAL CHARACTERS. Similar to Q. alba; often on 

 dry sites. 



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