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| name = Swamp White Oak<br />
| color = lightgreen<br />
| image = swampwhiteoak.jpg<br />
| image_width = 240px<br />
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br />
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br />
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]<br />
| ordo = [[Fagales]]<br />
| familia = [[Fagaceae]]<br />
| genus = ''[[Oak|Quercus]]''<br />
| species = '''''Q. bicolor'''''<br />
| binomial = ''Quercus bicolor''<br />
| binomial_authority = [[Carl Ludwig Willdenow|Willd.]]<br />
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The '''Swamp White Oak''' (''Quercus bicolor''), is a species of [[oak]] in the [[List of Quercus species#Section Quercus|white oak section]] ''Quercus'' section ''Quercus'', native to eastern [[North America]] from southernmost [[Quebec]] and southern [[Maine]] west to southern [[Minnesota]], and south to northern [[Alabama]] and [[North Carolina]]. As its name implies, it is a tree of wetlands, but grows farther north than the other wetland white oaks ([[Swamp Chestnut Oak]] and [[Overcup Oak]]). It is not a large tree, typically growing to 20-25m tall, with the tallest known reaching 29m.<br />
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The [[bark]] resembles the White Oak. The [[leaf|leaves]] are broad ovoid, 12-18 cm long and 7-11 cm broad, always more or less glaucous on the underside, and are shallowly lobed with five to seven lobes on each side, intermediate between the [[Chestnut Oak]] and the [[White Oak]]. The [[fruit]] is an [[acorn]], 1.5-2 cm (rarely 2.5 cm) long and 1-2 cm broad, maturing about 6 months after pollination.<br />
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It forms [[hybrid]]s with [[Bur Oak]] where they occur together in the wild.<br />
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===Cultivation and uses===<br />
It is one of the more important white oaks for [[lumber]] production. In recent years, the swamp white oak has become a popular landscaping tree, partly due to its relative ease of transplanting.<br />
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==References==<br />
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233501012 Flora of North America: ''Quercus bicolor'']<br />
*[http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/qubi.htm ''Quercus bicolor'' images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu]<br />
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[[Category:Fagaceae|Oak, Swamp White]]<br />
[[Category:Trees of Eastern United States|Oak, Swamp White]]<br />
[[Category:Trees of Plains-Midwest U.S.|Oak, Swamp White]]<br />
[[Category:Trees of Ontario|Oak, Swamp White]]<br />
[[Category:Trees of Quebec|Oak, Swamp White]]</div>Envoy