The lustrous lobed leaves have a two tone appearance dark green on top with a silvery white underside.
Swamp white oak tree bark.
I took advantage of a visit to the hoyt arboretum in portland oregon where the tree is not native to photograph swamp white oak which i had not seen in the wild at that time.
Unlike many swamp white oaks sun breaker drops its foliage clean in the winter to best show off the textured and colorful bark.
Long lived moderate sized tree with ornamental characteristics and good tolerances suggest that this oak should be more widely used in urban landscapes.
Also unlike other oaks the dark brown bark of branches peels away in ragged curls exposing the lighter colored bark beneath.
It can survive in a variety of habitats.
An excellent shade tree for any landscape.
The laurel oak tree is a semi evergreen species of oak that grows to between 65 and 70 ft.
Swamp white oak bark detail ref.
It forms hybrids with bur oak where they occur together in the wild.
Oak galls parasitic wasps.
This oak tree is native to the east coast of the u s where it thrives in soggy soil hence its other names of water oak and swamp laurel oak.
Swamp white oak is a striking tree with attractive peeling bark especially on young trees.
Laurel oak bark is dark brown with shallow fissures and rough ridges.
An excellent shade tree for any landscape.
When certain wasps lay their eggs on swamp white oaks as well as on other oaks the larva produce hormones that cause the tree to produce a gall an irregular growth that encapsulates the larva protecting it from the elements predators and parasites the galls also exude nectar from their exteriors which attract ants and wasps who in turn help protect the oak.
The lustrous lobed leaves have a two tone appearance dark green on top with a silvery white underside.
Swamp white oak is fairly common in cultivation much more commonly seen in north carolina as a planted tree than a wild tree.
The latin name bicolor refers to the distinctive two colored appearance of the leaves.
Spencer r 1997 horticultural flora of south eastern australia university of new south wales press ltd australia.
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.
Swamp white oak is a striking tree with attractive peeling bark especially on young trees.
Fall color is an orange gold to yellow in mid autumn.
The english name of this tree refers to its preference for swamps stream banks and bottomlands.
Gone are the days when quercus bicolor was considered a cheap substitute for everyone s favorite quercus alba.