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The Swamp White Oak is a tree commonly 

 60 or 70 ft. in liciglit with trunk 2 or 3 ft. 

 in tliickness, but wlicn crow dec! by otlicr trees 

 in forest growtli lias been known to attain 

 the height of DO or 100 ft. Tlie siiort stout 

 trunks of isolated trees arc sometimes or 

 8 ft. in thickness. The tops of these are usu- 

 ally broad or rounded, with numerous tortu- 

 (HIS l)iaiiclies. and iiioi-f or less i)endulou3 

 branchlets which often fringe the trunk al)ovc. 

 As its name implies it inhabits the low grounds 

 of bolloni-Iands growing in company with the 

 Red and Silver Maples, King-nut Hickory, 

 Sweet and Sour Gums, Over-cup, Pin and Burr 

 Oaks, Green and Black Ashes, etc. 



Its wood is heavy, hard and tough, a cubic 

 foot when absolutely dry weighing 47.75 lbs. 

 and is applied to the same uses as that of the 

 White Oak, no distinction being made between 

 the two in commerce. - 



Leaves ol)ovate to obovate-oblong, wedse-sbapod 

 at base, rounded or obtuse at apex, cdaiscly 

 sinuate-crenate with 6-8 pairs of primary veins 

 or sometimes pinnately lobed with rounded entin' 

 lobes, tomentose at first but at maturity dai-li 

 green and lustrous above, whitish and more or 

 loss tomentose beneath ; petioles stout Va-l in. 

 long. Floivcrs staminate aments 2-4 in. long with 

 light yellow and deeply .S-0-lobed calyx ; pistillate 

 with long tomentose peduncles and short red 

 stiamas. Fruit commonly in pairs with peduncle 

 2-6 times as long as the petioles : nut ovoid. 

 %-l in. long. ii\Uicscent at ape.x and about nne-tbird 

 enveloped by the beinisplieric toiiienlose cup. some- 

 times tuberculate at Itase but smooth near rim and 

 with tips of scales free and contorted. 



1. Syu. (Juervus bivotur Wilil 



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