Swamp Chestnut Oak

Swamp Chestnut Oak

Quercus michauxii

Fagaceae (Beech Family)

▲ ▼ young trees

▲ ▼ leaves

▲ buds

▲ trunk and bark

Location on campus: retention basin, next to National Avenue, on south side of Grand

Quercus michauxii (Quercus prinus): Swamp Chestnut Oak

leaves alternate, deciduous, simple, obovate with shallow lobes--similar to chinkapin oak, but more hairy underneath (like swamp white oak)
large bottomland tree with upright, open growth habit--similar to above two trees
medium growth rate
native to southeast Missouri