Quercus bicolor

Swamp white oak
Morton Arboretum acc. 71-69-2

Secure  (NatureServe)[2]
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. bicolor
Binomial name
Quercus bicolor
Natural range
Synonyms[4][5]
List
  • Quercus bicolor var. angustifolia Dippel
  • Quercus bicolor var. cuneiformis Dippel
  • Quercus bicolor var. platanoides (Castigl.) A.DC
  • Quercus discolor var. bicolor (Willd.) Hampton
  • Quercus mollis Raf.
  • Quercus paludosa Petz. & G.Kirchn.
  • Quercus platanoides (Castigl) Sudworth
  • Quercus prinus var. bicolor (Willd.) Spach
  • Quercus prinus var. discolor F.Michx
  • Quercus prinus var. platanoides Castigl.
  • Quercus prinus var. tomentosa Michx.
  • Quercus filiformis Muhl. ex A.DC., not validly published
  • Quercus pannosa Bosc ex A.DC., not validly published
  • Quercus platanoides (Lam.) Sudw.
  • Quercus velutina L'Hér. ex A.DC.

Quercus bicolor, the swamp white oak, is a North American species of medium-sized trees in the beech family. It is a common element of America's north central and northeastern mixed forests. It can survive in a variety of habitats. It forms hybrids with bur oak where they occur together in the wild.

  1. ^ Kenny, L.; Wenzell, K.; Jerome, D. (2017). "Quercus bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T194069A111189345. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T194069A111189345.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ "NatureServe Explorer". Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  3. ^ First described in Muhlenberg, Heinrich Ernst (1801). "Kurze Bemerkungen über die in der Gegend von Lancaster in Nordamerika wachsenden Arten der Gattungen Juglans, Fraxinus und Quercus" [Short remarks on the plants growing in the region of Lancaster in North America from the genera Juglans, Fraxinus, and Quercus]. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, Neue Schriften. 3. With remarks by Carl Ludwig Willdenow: 396.
  4. ^ "Quercus bicolor". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  5. ^ "Quercus bicolor". 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 Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online