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swamp red oak

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Noun1.swamp red oak - large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaksswamp red oak - large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward
red oak - any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles


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FAMILY NAME Quercus rubra (red oak), Quercus alba (white oak) of the family Fagaceae COMMON NAMES Red oak: American red oak, northern red oak, southern red oak, Spanish oak, swamp red oak, cherrybark oak, scarlet oak, shumard oak, pin oak, nuttall oak White oak: American white oak, chestnut oak, swamp white oak, swamp chestnut oak, chinkapin oak, post oak, Appalachian oak, northern white oak, southern white oak, overcup oak.
Characteristics Species of red oak include northern red oak (Quercus rubra); southern red oak and Spanish oak (Quercus falcata); swamp red oak and cherrybark oak (Quercus falcata variation pagodaefolia) and shumard red oak (Quercus shumardii).
Related species known as southern red oak, Spanish oak, swamp red oak, cherrybark oak and shumard red oak.
 
 
 
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