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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 flowers are catkins, maturing in about 6–7 months into acorns 2.5–5 cm (1–2 in) long and 2–4 cm (3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) broad. [3] Acorns are most often distributed by water due to their buoyancy and preferred habitat. Acorns germinate best in moist soils and when covered with leaf litter. [8]
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Acorns per pound range from 200 to 750. Acorns mature from August to November of the second year. Trees begin bearing acorns when they are about 25 years old, and optimum production is reached when they are between 50 and 75 years of age. Good acorn crops are frequent, occurring at 1- or 2-year intervals, with light crops in intervening years.
The chinquapin oak also has smaller acorns than the chestnut oak or another similar species, the swamp chestnut oak (Q. michauxii), which have some of the largest acorns of any oaks. [2] Key characteristics of Quercus muehlenbergii include: [7] Leaf base is typically rounded [2] Veins and sinuses are regular [2]
The Lyme disease tick has a two-year cycle, so the following year after a bumper crop is a warning to hunters that they should be even more vigilant and aware of the possibility of ticks hitching ...
The fruit is an acorn, 8–12 millimeters (5 ⁄ 16 – 15 ⁄ 32 in) long, and almost as wide as long, with a shallow cup; it is one of the most prolific producers of acorns. [2] The tree starts acorn production around 15 years of age, earlier than many oak species. [3] Autumn foliage
Acorns: Ripen in autumn of second year, about 18 months after pollination. [3] Stalked, solitary or in pairs; nut almost spherical, 9–18 millimeters or 1 ⁄ 2 to 2 ⁄ 3 in long; cup embraces one-half to two-thirds nut, is cup-shaped covered with light red brown, downy scales, rounded or acute at apex. Kernel very bitter. [4] [3]