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The specific name relates to the bark of the young trees, which resembles that of Platanus in its 

 manner of separating into large thin scales. This juvenile flaky bark, peculiar to the species, and th( 

 small contorted and generally pendulous branches which often appear on the larger limbs and some 

 times on the trunk, make it easy to recognize the Swamp White Oak at all seasons of the year. 



