Plants Profile for Quercus michauxii (swamp chestnut oak)

General Information
Symbol:	QUMI
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Fagaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Tree
Native Status:	L48 N
Characteristics
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Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI). Usage Requirements.

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge, Hilltop Arboretum. Usage Requirements.

W.W. Ashe. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, AL. Usage Requirements.

W.D. Brush. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, FL. Usage Requirements.

W.D. Brush. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, MD. Usage Requirements.

Daniel O. Todd. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, SC. 1958. Usage Requirements.

W.D. Sterrett. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, SC. 1921. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 624. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Provided by NRCS National Wetland Team. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
QUHO3	Quercus houstoniana C.H. Mull.
QUPR4	Quercus prinus L. p.p., nom. utique rej.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Hamamelididae
Order	Fagales
Family	Fagaceae – Beech family
Genus	Quercus L. – oak
Species	Quercus michauxii Nutt. – swamp chestnut oak

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain
Western Gulf Coast	FAC

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACW
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACW
Great Plains	FACW
Midwest	FACW
Northcentral & Northeast	FACW