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The USDA Plants Database is a resource for information on the swamp chestnut oak, Quercus michauxii.
- Quercus michauxii Nutt. - US Forest Service Research and Development
Swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii) is known also as...
- Quercus michauxii Nutt. - US Forest Service Research and Development
Swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii) is known also as basket oak, for the baskets made from its wood, and cow oak because cows eat the acorns. One of the important timber trees of the South, it grows on moist and wet loamy soils of bottom lands, along streams and borders of swamps in mixed hardwoods.
Quecus michauxii Nutt., swamp chestnut oak, grows along the Atlantic Coastal Plain from New Jersey south to north Florida, and west to east Texas; its range extends up the Mississippi River Valley to Illinois and Ohio.
Swamp Chestnut Oak is a native deciduous tree that may grow 60 to 80 feet tall. The dense crown is rounded with an irregular spread. It is native to swampy areas and low woodlands of the southeastern coastal plain and the Mississippi river valley.
The tree’s other nickname is the “cow oak” because cows will eat the acorns. The acorns are sweet and can be eaten without boiling. Sources and Additional Information. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Plant Database: Swamp Chestnut Oak; USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station - Swamp Chestnut Oak
A large and fairly fast growing oak with scaly bark. Magnificent in old age! Large, sweet acorns loved by wildlife and livestock. Grows naturally in wet areas and can survive continuous flooding. New root pruning and fertilization techniques in nursery production have made oaks easier to transplant and have given them faster growth rates.
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 ...
