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Quercus michauxii, the swamp chestnut oak, is a species of oak in the white oak section Quercus section Quercus in the beech family. It is native to bottomlands and wetlands in the southeastern and midwestern United States, in coastal states from New Jersey to Texas, inland primarily in the Mississippi–Ohio Valley as far as Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.
The name Quercus prinus was long used by many botanists and foresters for either the chestnut oak or the swamp chestnut oak, with the former otherwise called Q. montana or the latter otherwise called Q. michauxii. The application of the name Q. montana to the chestnut oak is now accepted, since Q. prinus is of uncertain position, unassignable ...
Quercus margarettae (also Q. margaretiae and Q. margarettiae) — sand post oak — southeastern North America; Quercus martinezii C.H.Mull. – # Mexico; Quercus michauxii Nutt. – swamp chestnut oak – eastern North America; Quercus microphylla Née – Mexico; Quercus mohriana Buckley ex Rydb. – Mohr oak – # southwestern North America
Quercus muehlenbergii, the chinquapin (or chinkapin) oak, is a deciduous species of tree in the white oak group (Quercus sect. Quercus). The species was often called Quercus acuminata in older literature.
Quercus alba, the white oak, is one of the preeminent hardwoods of eastern and central North America. It is a long-lived oak , native to eastern and central North America and found from Minnesota , Ontario , Quebec , and southern Maine south as far as northern Florida and eastern Texas . [ 3 ]
Quercus bicolor, the swamp white oak, is a North American species of medium-sized trees in the beech family. It is a common element of America's north central and ...
Quercus sect. Quercus has been known, either in whole or part, by a variety of names in the past, including Quercus sect. Albae, Quercus sect. Macrocarpae and Quercus sect. Mesobalanus. Members of the section may be called white oaks. The section includes all white oaks from North America (treated by Trelease as subgenus Leucobalanus). [2]
Quercus insignis is generally a large tree, growing up to 30 meters in height. [1] The tree has leaves up to 15 centimetres (6 inches) and 8 cm (3 in) across. The acorns are large and distinctive, up to 8 cm in diameter, the cup covered with extended scales that give the cup a bur-like appearance. [3] It produces acorns every five to ten years.