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About
Swamp Chestnut Trees: Swamp Chestnut Oak is known also
as basket oak, for the baskets made from its wood, and cow oak because
cows eat the acorns. One of the important timber trees of the South,
it grows on moist and wet loamy soils of bottom lands, along streams
and borders of swamps in mixed hardwoods.
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Swamp
Chestnut picture
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Chestnut Tree Facts |
Scientific
Name: |
Quercus
michauxi
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Foliage: |
Green
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Mature
Height: |
60-80'
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Mature
Spread: |
50-70'
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Soil: |
Range
of soils
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Zones: |
5-8'
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Moisture: |
Moist
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The
high quality wood is used in all kinds of construction and for implements.
The acorns are sweet and serve as food to wildlife.
For
more information about Swamp Chestnut trees,
please visit our recommend supplier
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