Swamp Chestnut Oak, Cow Oak Quercus michauxii

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Botanical Name:

Quercus michauxii

Family:

Fagaceae

Genus:

Quercus

Species:

michauxii

Common Name:

Swamp Chestnut Oak, Cow Oak

Seeds Per Pound:

Quantity:

4.53 lb

Germination:

98%

Germination Test Type:

Cut (Full Seed)

Purity:

99%

Height:

60-120 feet

Collection Locale:

Alabama
Auburn

Crop Year:

2024

Minimum Hardiness Zone:

Recalcitrant seeds need refrigeration. Since shipping times are out of our control, we are not liable for seed condition upon arrival.

In Stock: 4.53 lb

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Quercus michauxii

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1 packet (~ 0 seeds)

$9.95

1 oz (~ 3 seeds)

$9.95

1 lb (~ 45 seeds)

$25.00

1 kg (~ 99 seeds)

$50.00

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New Zealand

Characteristics

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Growing Info, follow in order:

Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours.

Stratification: cold stratify for 60 days , or until radicle emergence.

Germination: sow 1-2" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed.

Other: fall sowing in mulched beds is prefered to artificial stratification.

In a Nutshell:

* The Swamp Chestnut Oak ( Quercus michauxii ) is a species of oak in the white oak section Quercus section Quercus , native to bottomlands and wetlands in the southern and central United States , from New Jersey south to northern Florida , and west to Missouri and eastern Texas , it is rare north of the Ohio River .

* The chestnut oak is readily identified by its massively-ridged dark gray-brown bark, the thickest of any eastern North American oak.

* They closely resembles the chestnut oak Quercus prinus, and for that reason has sometimes been treated as a variety of that species. However, the swamp chestnut oak is a larger tree which differs in preferred habitat, and the bark does not have the distinctive deep, rugged ridging of the chestnut oak, being thinner, scaly, and paler gray. It typically grows to around 65 ft (20 m) tall, though the tallest specimen currently known is over 42m tall.

* It is native to the eastern United States, where it is one of the most important ridgetop trees from southern Maine southwest to central Mississippi, with an outlying northwestern population in southern Michigan.

* The wood is similar to, and usually marketed mixed with, other white oaks. The swamp chestnut oak's bark can be sliced into flexible strips suitable for basket weaving, and for this reason the species is sometimes called the "basket oak".

* The acorns of the chestnut oak are 1.5–3 cm long and 1–2 cm broad, among the largest of native American oaks, surpassed in size only by the bur oak and possibly swamp chestnut oak.

* It is sometimes cultivated as a large garden tree or street tree, and is quite easy to grow if it is not subject to extreme urban conditions. more...

* Wood - close-grained, heavy, hard, rather tough, strong, durable in contact with the soil. It weighs 47lb per cubic foot. Used commercially like Q. alba, it is used for furniture, cabinet making, interior finishes, fence posts and fuel. more...

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