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Quercus michauxii Nuttall. Subgenus: Quercus. Section: Quercus. Subsection: Albae. Basket Oak, Swamp Chestnut Oak. Phen: Apr-May; Sep-Oct (of the same year). Hab: Bottomland forests, especially in fertile soils of upper terraces where flooded only infrequently and for short periods, upland depression ponds, sometimes on moist lower slopes. Dist: NJ south to n. peninsular FL and west to e. TX and se. OK, north in the interior to s. IL and s. IN.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: See discussion under Q. montana about the application of the name Q. prinus Linnaeus.

Synonymy : = Ar, C, F, Fl2, FNA3, G, GW2, Il, K1, K3, K4, RAB, S13, Tn, Va, W, WH3; = n/a – Pa; = Quercus prinus L. – S, Tat, Tx, name rejected (possibly misapplied and a source of confusion)

Links to other floras: = Quercus michauxii - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
  • Great Plains: FACW
  • Midwest: FACW
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

Heliophily : 5

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image of plant© Alan Cressler: Quercus michauxii (old growth), Congaree Swamp, Congaree National Park, Richland County, South Carolina, Alan Cressler 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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image of plant© Eric Blomberg source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Eric Blomberg source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Eric Blomberg source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Scott Ward source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
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image of plant© Eric Blomberg source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
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