Index / Search / Quercus michauxii
§1 Plant
Quercus michauxii Nutt.
vernacular swamp chestnut oak — species · Fagaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fagaceae Dumort.
- Genus
- Quercus
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 509 counties across 18 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- None
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -20 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 180 min.
- Precipitation
- 40–70 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–6.5
- Root depth
- 28 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 80 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 35 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 85
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- High
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 509 counties across 18 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Lonoke 05085
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Hernando 12053
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Marion 12083
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Ben Hill 13017
- Bibb 13021
- Bleckley 13023
- Bulloch 13031
- Burke 13033
- Butts 13035
- Camden 13039
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Dade 13083
- Decatur 13087
- Dougherty 13095
- Early 13099
- Effingham 13103
- Elbert 13105
- Emanuel 13107
- Floyd 13115
- Grady 13131
- Hall 13139
- Haralson 13143
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Johnson 13167
- Lanier 13173
- Lee 13177
- Lincoln 13181
- Lowndes 13185
- McIntosh 13191
- Mitchell 13205
- Morgan 13211
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Paulding 13223
- Pulaski 13235
- Screven 13251
- Sumter 13261
- Tattnall 13267
- Telfair 13271
- Terrell 13273
- Tift 13277
- Wheeler 13309
- Wilcox 13315
- Worth 13321
Illinois view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Ballard 21007
- Breckinridge 21027
- Butler 21031
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Carlisle 21039
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clinton 21053
- Daviess 21059
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fulton 21075
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Marshall 21157
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Robertson 21201
- Todd 21219
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Webster 21233
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Amite 28005
- Benton 28009
- Bolivar 28011
- Choctaw 28019
- Claiborne 28021
- Clarke 28023
- Copiah 28029
- Covington 28031
- DeSoto 28033
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson 28063
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Lee 28081
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Tippah 28139
- Tishomingo 28141
- Tunica 28143
- Union 28145
- Walthall 28147
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Webster 28155
- Wilkinson 28157
- Winston 28159
- Yalobusha 28161
- Yazoo 28163
Missouri view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Camden 37029
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Sampson 37163
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Wilson 37195
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Newberry 45071
- Richland 45079
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Chester 47023
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Crockett 47033
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Dyer 47045
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Gibson 47053
- Grundy 47061
- Hamblen 47063
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Houston 47083
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lincoln 47103
- Loudon 47105
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Obion 47131
- Putnam 47141
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Tipton 47167
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Wayne 47181
- Weakley 47183
Texas view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amelia 51007
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/QUMI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2880340 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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