Swamp Chestnut Oak
Quercus michauxii
Swamp chestnut oak, also called basket oak, is a stately bottomland white oak with large, scalloped leaves and big, sweet acorns favored by deer and turkey. A superb long-lived shade tree for moist, rich soils.
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 40–60 ft
- Spacing
- 30–50 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~557 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA
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