Quercus michauxii

Swamp chestnut oak
A mature swamp chestnut oak
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Quercus
Section: Quercus sect. Quercus
Species:
Q. michauxii
Binomial name
Quercus michauxii
Natural range of Quercus michauxii
Synonyms[2]
  • Quercus bicolor var. michauxii (Nutt.) Chapm.
  • Quercus bicolor subsp. michauxii (Nutt.) Sarg.
  • Quercus houstoniana C.H.Mull.

Quercus michauxii, the swamp chestnut oak, is a species of oak in the white oak section Quercus section Quercus in the beech family. It is native to bottomlands and wetlands in the southeastern and midwestern United States, in coastal states from New Jersey to Texas, inland primarily in the Mississippi–Ohio Valley as far as Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.[3]

  1. ^ Kenny, L.; Wenzell, K. (2015). "Quercus michauxii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T194196A2303665. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T194196A2303665.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Quercus michauxii Nutt.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  3. ^ "Quercus michauxii". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.