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Description
A light color oak, Quercus bicolor, native to eastern North America. The swamp oak produces a strong, hard, heavy wood used in shipbuilding and furniture.
Synonyms and Related Terms
Quercus bicolor; white oak
Other Properties
Medium tree growing to 25 m Bark=gray and scaly with irregular ridges and fissures Leaves= obovate (6-15cm) with irregular blunt teeth Fruit=acorn (3 cm) with large bowl-shaped cap
Additional Images
Swamp white oak Quercus bicolor
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- Website address 1 Comment: Virginia Tech Dendrology website at www.fw.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/main.htm (accessed Oct. 8, 2005)
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp_white_oak (Accessed Oct. 8, 2005)