
Swamp White Oak
- Botanical Name
- Quercus bicolor
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 8
- Height
- 50 to 60 feet
- Width
- 50 to 60 feet or greater
- Flowers
- Male catkins, pendulous, yellow; female spikes (with expanding leaves)
- Fruit
- Acorn, 1" long usually paired, 1/3 covered by cap
- Fall Color
- Yellow, sometimes red-purple
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist to wet, acidic
- Planting & Care
- Not salt or drought tolerant
- Problems
- Chlorosis, galls, anthracnose, 2-line chestnut borer
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