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swamp oak

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Noun1.swamp oak - Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowersswamp oak - Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowers
genus Viminaria, Viminaria - one species: Australian leafless shrubs: swamp oak
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
2.swamp oak - fast-growing medium to large pyramidal deciduous tree of northeastern United States and southeastern Canada having deeply pinnatifid leaves that turn bright red in autumnswamp oak - fast-growing medium to large pyramidal deciduous tree of northeastern United States and southeastern Canada having deeply pinnatifid leaves that turn bright red in autumn; thrives in damp soil
oak tree, oak - a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns"
3.swamp oak - large deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaksswamp oak - large deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaks; yields heavy strong wood used in construction; thrives in wet soil
white oak - any of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leaf


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While too late to save the swamp oak, he hopes their efforts will help protect the spreading boughs of New Jersey's living history, especially a towering white oak that stands just outside the watershed district mapped by the new program.
FAMILY NAMES Quercus rubra of the Family Fagaceae OTHER NAMES Red oak, American red oak, Canadian red oak, gray oak, northern red oak, southern red oak, Spanish oak, swamp oak red oak, cherrybark oak, Shumard red oak, southern red oak, pin oak HEIGHT/WEIGHT Weight averages about 48 pounds per cubic foot.
Occasionally called Spanish oak, swamp oak, or water oak, Quercus palustris should not to be confused with the true water oak, Quercus nigra.
 
 
 
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