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not marked as a favorite taxon Quercus michauxii Nuttall. Common name: Basket Oak, Swamp Chestnut Oak, Cow Oak, Chêne vache (frc). Phenology: Apr-May; Sep-Oct (of the same year). Habitat: 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. Distribution: New Jersey south to n. peninsular Florida and west to e. Texas and se. Oklahoma, north in the interior to s. Illinois and s. Indiana.

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Subgenus: Quercus. Section: Quercus. Subsection: Albae.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

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

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Chap, F, Fl2, FNA3, G, GW2, Il, K1, K4, Mo3, NS, POWO, RAB, S13, Tn, Va, W, WH3; = n/a — Pa; = Quercus prinus L. — S, Tat, Tx, name rejected (possibly misapplied and a source of confusion). Basionym: Quercus michauxii Nuttall 1818 "Urbasionym:" Quercus prinus L. 1753

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 #1 of Quercus michauxii© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Quercus michauxii© Scott Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Scott Ward source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Quercus michauxii© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Quercus michauxii© Stephanie Brundage | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Quercus michauxii© Alan Cressler: Quercus michauxii (old growth), Congaree Swamp, Congaree National Park, Richland County, South Carolina, Alan Cressler 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Quercus michauxii© Scott Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Scott Ward source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Quercus michauxii© Eric Blomberg source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Quercus michauxii© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Quercus michauxii© Eric Blomberg source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Quercus michauxii© Eric Blomberg source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Quercus michauxii© Eric Blomberg source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #12 of Quercus michauxii© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Quercus michauxii© Scott Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Scott Ward source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #14 of Quercus michauxii© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #15 of Quercus michauxii© Eric Blomberg source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #16 of Quercus michauxii© Scott Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Scott Ward source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #17 of Quercus michauxii© Stephanie Brundage | Original Image ⭷
image #19 of Quercus michauxii© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #20 of Quercus michauxii© Alan Cressler source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #22 of Quercus michauxii© Radford, Ahles and Bell | Original Image ⭷

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native range: southeastern U.S.



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