Swamp White Oak Tree
Swamp White Oak Tree
The Facts
Height: 50′ – 60′
Spread: 50′ – 60′
Sun: Full Sun
Water: Medium to Wet
Soil: Average
Growth Rate: Moderate
This oak sports a broad, rounded crown and a short trunk. Leaves are dark, shiny green above and silvery white beneath, with 5-10 rounded lobes or blunt teeth along the margins. Fall color is yellow, but sometimes reddish purple. Flowers in separate male and female catkins in spring. Fruits are acorns which mature in early fall. Indigenous to north, central and eastern Missouri in moist to swampy locations in bottomlands and lowlands, such as along streams and lakes, valleys, floodplains and at the edge of swamps. Also has surprisingly good drought resistance.

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