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{{Taxobox
| name = Swamp White Oak
| color = lightgreen
| image = swampwhiteoak.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fagales]]
| familia = [[Fagaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Oak|Quercus]]''
| species = '''''Q. bicolor'''''
| binomial = ''Quercus bicolor''
| binomial_authority = [[Carl Ludwig Willdenow|Willd.]]
}}
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.
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.
It forms [[hybrid]]s with [[Bur Oak]] where they occur together in the wild.
===Cultivation and uses===
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.
==References==
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233501012 Flora of North America: ''Quercus bicolor'']
*[http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/qubi.htm ''Quercus bicolor'' images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu]
[[Category:Fagaceae|Oak, Swamp White]]
[[Category:Trees of Eastern United States|Oak, Swamp White]]
[[Category:Trees of Plains-Midwest U.S.|Oak, Swamp White]]
[[Category:Trees of Ontario|Oak, Swamp White]]
[[Category:Trees of Quebec|Oak, Swamp White]]
| name = Swamp White Oak
| color = lightgreen
| image = swampwhiteoak.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fagales]]
| familia = [[Fagaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Oak|Quercus]]''
| species = '''''Q. bicolor'''''
| binomial = ''Quercus bicolor''
| binomial_authority = [[Carl Ludwig Willdenow|Willd.]]
}}
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.
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.
It forms [[hybrid]]s with [[Bur Oak]] where they occur together in the wild.
===Cultivation and uses===
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.
==References==
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233501012 Flora of North America: ''Quercus bicolor'']
*[http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/qubi.htm ''Quercus bicolor'' images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu]
[[Category:Fagaceae|Oak, Swamp White]]
[[Category:Trees of Eastern United States|Oak, Swamp White]]
[[Category:Trees of Plains-Midwest U.S.|Oak, Swamp White]]
[[Category:Trees of Ontario|Oak, Swamp White]]
[[Category:Trees of Quebec|Oak, Swamp White]]