Swamp Uliite Oak The Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor) 
always appears to be intermediate between the White and 
Burr Oak in many of its characteristics. It is a tree of 
the river valleys and other better-watered situations. 
It is also a tree of greater adaptability than the White 
Oak and can be transplanted much more easily than that 
species. When growing as a specimen, the rather light 
flaky-barked branches tend to become pendulous with the 
branch tips attempting to grow horizontally. Very few 
insects attack this tree and it is not especially suscep- 
tible to disease. The Swamp White Oak would probably be 
a better street tree than either the White or the Burr 
Oak. Since it does not develop such immense side . 
branches, it would tend to grow upright and spread only a 
fourth as much as the two Oaks it resembles.- It should 
be tried as a shade tree. The winter branch tracery is 
distinct and very pleasing, and autumnal coloration is 
often good. 
Chinquapin Oak Here is one of the smaller white 
Oaks with a distinct leaf, and it actively competes with 
Red Cedar for a toe-hold on the dry Ozark hills. It does 
not grow as large as the foregoing trees, but it can 
stand more dry weather than any Oak in the Middle West. 
If given an opportunity on the lawn, it develops into a 
wide-spreading tree. The Chestnut-like foliage of the 
Chinquapin Oak (Q 
is distinct. The 
color is good throughout the summer and may reach a clear 
yellow in fall. The tree shows the usual resistance to 
diseases and insects. The growth rate is slower than 
those Oaks from the lowlands, and it appears to delight 
in a heavy mulch. 
It is 
Post Oak The commonest White Oak thrc 
St. Louis County is the Post Oak (.Que reus ste^ 
a native of the dry Ozark hills and is either a good ticw 
or an inferior tree, depending upon the fertility of t 
site. Experience indicates that it will hold its own i 
many years while the hill on which it grew is t>^^"g ="° 
divided and converted into residential «*istricts.^^ine 
Post Oak tends to hold its dry brown leaves •■-■•- ^' 
the winter. The acorns are very small, the fall co ^^^^^ 
tion only fair. It would be hard to establish as 
tree, but it would be very satisfactory on the la*n. 
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