Order: Fagales
Family: Fagacceae
Genus: Quercus
Species: Q. palustris
Identifying Characteristics:
- Height: medium-sized, 60 - 70 ft (18 - 22m)
- Trunk: 3 ft in diameter and 25- 45ft spread
- Leaves:
- 5-16 cm long and 5-12 cm broad
- lobed, with five or seven lobes. Each lobe has 5-7 bristle-tipped teeth
- Sinuses are typically u-shapped and deep cut
- Hairless
- Green and glossy
- Acorn: 10-16 mm long and 9-15 mm broad, green maturing pale brown about 18 months after population. Unpalatable because the kernel is very bitter
- Flower: brown, inconspicuous and not showy
- Bark: thin
Special Adaptations:
- Wetland tree
- Grows primarily on level or nearly level, poorly drained floodplain and river bottom soils with high clay content
- Develops nicely on moist, acid soils and is tolerant of compaction, wet soil and urban conditions
- Monoecious
- Intolerant of shade
- Usually grows in even-aged stands of dominant and co-dominate trees
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