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Fagaceae
Quercus

not marked as a favorite taxon Quercus bicolor Willdenow. Common name: Swamp White Oak. Phenology: Apr; Sep (of the same year). Habitat: Bottomland swamps and wet forests with calcareous sediments, upland depression swamp forests over mafic rocks such as gabbro or diabase. Distribution: Maine, Ontario and Minnesota, south to North Carolina, South Carolina (Nelson 1993), Tennessee, n. Alabama, Mississippi, and s. Missouri.

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Subgenus: Quercus. Section: Quercus. Subsection: Prinoideae.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, Chap, F, FNA3, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, K1, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Va, W; = Quercus platanoides (Lam.) Sudw. — S13. Basionym: Quercus bicolor Willdenow 1801

Links to other floras: = Quercus bicolor - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
  • Midwest: FACW
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 6

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image #1 of Quercus bicolor© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Quercus bicolor© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Quercus bicolor© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Quercus bicolor© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Quercus bicolor© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Quercus bicolor© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Quercus bicolor© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Quercus bicolor© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
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image #11 of Quercus bicolor© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #12 of Quercus bicolor© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #17 of Quercus bicolor© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #18 of Quercus bicolor© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷

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native range: eastern North America