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Photographer: Dennis W. Woodland
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Family Fagaceae
Quercus bicolor Willd.
swamp white oak
Quercus: Latin for oak
bicolor: two-colored
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | perennial, deciduous tree to 98' tall; scaly or flat-ridged, dark gray bark |
| Flower: | round to oval, light or dark brown buds; blooms in spring |
| Fruit: | long stalked acorns from the axils, semi-circular to turban-like cup covering 1/2-3/4 of the nut; smooth, oval, elliptic to oblong, light brown nut |
| Leaf: | obovate in outline, base narrowly wedge shaped to triangular with a pointed end; edges entirely toothed or just the top 1/2, sometimes lobed; tip broadly rounded to oval; underside light green to whitish, velvety, upper side shiny dark green |
| Habitat: | moist or wet; swamp forests, slopes, poorly drained uplands |
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