| Notes: | This deciduous native tree reaches 50 to 70 feet in height with an equal spread, forming a broad, open, rounded canopy and casting dense shade below (Fig. 1). The shiny, dark green, five to six-inch-long by two to four-inch-wide leaves have fine white hairs on their underside, and irregular margins. In fall, the leaves turn a showy yellow/brown to red before dropping. |
| Care: | Swamp White Oak should be grown in full sun to partial shade on acid soils, showing severe chlorosis on alkaline soils. These trees are very long-lived, surviving for more than 300 years. They tolerate soil compaction, drought and some salt exposure. They should be tried more often in urban areas. Transplanting is best done in springtime. Container grown material can be planted anytime. This species will develop chlorosis in high pH (very alkaline) soils, almost always the result of being transplanted into chalky and gravelly urban soils, usually near asphalt and/or concrete. |
