Quercus michauxii (Q. montana)

swamp chestnut oak, basket oak, cow oak

Photograph(s) by*: PLANTS 1995

Characteristics

Height: 50-80'
Spread: 75-100'
Flowers: May; yellow-green
Fruit: Sept.-Oct.; tan brown; nut/nut-like
Fall color: red/ brown

Conditions *

Light:
Moisture: Moist Wet
Soil pH: 4.5-6.5
Soil type: Loamy

Habitat

bottomlands, ravine slopes, flatwoods over limestone

Native to

Region: Coastal Piedmont Mountain *
States: MD

Wildlife

*
high wildlife value

Notes

acorns food for wildlife

 Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/1351.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004