Quercus michauxii - Wikipedia
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 ...
Quercus michauxii (Basket Oak, Chestnut Oak, Cow Oak, Michaux Oak…
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. Its preference is for moist, well-drained, acidic sandy to silty clay loams in full sun to part sun.
Louisiana Plant ID | Quercus michauxii (cow oak) - LSU
FORM: medium to large tree; HABITAT: mesic forests, including ridges in bottomland hardwoods, small steam forest, mixed hardwood-loblolly pine forest, and hardwood slope forest; WETLAND DESIGNATION: In the "Western Gulf Coast Subregion" of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast Plain Region, this species is Facultative (FAC): Occurs in wetlands or non ...
Quercus michauxii Nutt. - US Forest Service Research and …
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.
Basket Oak or Cow Oak Tree - Plant Guide
Basket Oak, Cow Oak (Quercus Michauxii, Nutt.)-A large handsome tree, 60 to 100 feet high, 3 to 7 feet in diameter at base, with stout ascending branches forming a round, dense head. Bark scaly, silvery or ashy grey, with reddish tinge.
Texas A&M Forest Service - Trees of Texas - List of Trees
Acorns are favored by cows, which gives the tree one of its common names; its wood can be split along the growth rings and used to make baskets, giving it another common name.
Swamp Chestnut Oak, Basket Oak, Cow Oak - Texas A&M University
Swamp Chestnut Oak, Basket Oak, Cow Oak Quercus michauxii . Fagaceae (white oak group) Swamp Chestnut Oak grows in moist woodlands in the Pineywoods and Gulf Prairies and Marshes of east Texas. It is a stately, long-lived tree that can grow as tall as 120 feet and often shows good fall color.
Swamp Chestnut Oak | Glen Arboretum - Towson University
Also called basket oak or cow oak, swamp chestnut oak is a deciduous, medium to large tree that normally reaches 40 to 60 feet³ but may attain 100 feet in height ¹. The bark of mature trees is light gray with v-shaped furrows and scaly ridges ².
Quercus michauxii - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden
Quercus michauxii, commonly called swamp chestnut oak, is native to silty floodplains, swampy areas, rich sandy lowland woods and along streams primarily in coastal plain areas from New Jersey to northern Florida west to eastern Texas and up the Mississippi River Valley to southeastern Missouri and the southern parts of Illinois and Indiana ...
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. It is a medium-size to large tree that grows up to over 100 feet tall, with a trunk to over 6 feet in diameter,