Quercus bicolor

ClassificationDicots
FamilyFagaceae
Family (Traditional)Fagaceae
GenusQuercus
Species:Quercus bicolor Willd.
Common NameSwamp White Oak
Growth Habittree
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: tree; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Rank: spiral; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Margins: lobed; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Too short to tell; Base Flower Color: Green; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Acorn; Fruit Type: Nut; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: axillary; Inflorescence Types: solitary; Inflorescence Types: spike; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: No; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoecious; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 7
StatusNative; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Quercus platanoides Quercus platanoides (Lam.) Sudw.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Adair (KY), Bath (KY), Boone (KY), Breckinridge (KY), Bullitt (KY), Campbell (KY), Christian (KY), Clark (KY), Clinton (KY), Crittenden (KY), Fleming (KY), Franklin (KY), Gallatin (KY), Garrard (KY), Hardin (KY), Henderson (KY), Hickman (KY), Hopkins (KY), Jefferson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Knox (KY), Laurel (KY), Lewis (KY), Lincoln (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), Madison (KY), Meade (KY), Metcalfe (KY), Montgomery (KY), Ohio (KY), Pendleton (KY), Powell (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Wolfe (KY), Woodford (KY), Bedford (TN), Cannon (TN), Cheatham (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), Dickson (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henry (TN), Knox (TN), Lake (TN), Lincoln (TN), Macon (TN), Meigs (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Overton (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Robertson (TN), Rutherford (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Smith (TN), Sumner (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1938 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100451150 Crittenden Kentucky 01 May 1980 Richard H. Hannan
3660
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451333 Kentucky 02 Sep 1974 W. Meijer
EKY
Quercus bicolor
N/A Wolfe Kentucky 01 Aug 1988 R.C. Clark
21731
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451192 Franklin Kentucky 24 May 1983 S. P. Rice
602
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451234 Hardin Kentucky 06 Jun 1978 Ray Cranfill
890
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100851052 Wolfe Kentucky 01 Aug 1988 Ross C. Clark
21731
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451309 Lincoln Kentucky 03 Jul 1993 Ronald L. Jones
7417
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451127 Clark Kentucky 30 Oct 1954 Mary Ruth Beckett
65
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451218 Franklin Kentucky 17 Oct 1985 Steven Rice
FR803
EKY
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080203 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080208 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080218 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080207 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080221 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
APSC0088985 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
31234100451424 Rockcastle Kentucky 17 Sep 1977 Richard H. Hannan
187
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31973000023441 Campbell Kentucky 03 Oct 1980 Thieret, John
52426
KNK
Quercus bicolor
31973000013423 Bath Kentucky
KNK
Quercus bicolor
31973000013424 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Quercus bicolor
31973000013420 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080219 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080204 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080209 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080200 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080212 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
UCHT009593 Bedford Tennessee
UCHT
Quercus bicolor
APSC0088960 Jessamine Kentucky 22 Jun 1955 Mary Wharton
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0080215 Rockcastle Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0089451 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0052863 McCracken Kentucky 29 May 2014 Dwayne Estes
APSC
Quercus bicolor
31234100451341 Lewis Kentucky 12 May 1999 Kim Feeman
431
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451358 Madison Kentucky 31 May 1993 Gary W. Libby, Randy L. Mears
OB-319
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451408 Pendleton Kentucky 02 Jul 1955 Mary Ruth Beckett
604
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451390 Ohio Kentucky 26 Sep 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5671
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100773306 Wolfe Kentucky 01 Aug 1988 Ross C. Clark
21731
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451416 Rockcastle Kentucky 06 Oct 1999 Joshua R. Young
43
EKY
Quercus bicolor
BEREA014613 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Quercus bicolor
31973000013421 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080210 Lincoln Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080217 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
UCHT009596 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Quercus bicolor
APSC0080203 Jessamine Kentucky 05 Jul 1979
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0088982 Jefferson Kentucky 09 Aug 1951
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0090854 Laurel Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0077588 Franklin Kentucky 06 May 1979 Max Medley
APSC
Quercus bicolor
N/A Wolfe Kentucky 01 Aug 1988 Ross C. Clark
21731
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451093 Adair Kentucky 09 Oct 1988 Bruce Hoagland
827
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451291 Laurel Kentucky 31 Jul 2000 Ralph L. Thompson
00-390
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100723947 Garrard Kentucky 16 Apr 2011 W.W. Overbeck
1157
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451267 Hopkins Kentucky 12 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5010
EKY
Quercus bicolor
BEREA014615 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Quercus bicolor
31973000013425 Gallatin Kentucky
KNK
Quercus bicolor
31973000013419 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080216 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080213 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
APSC0013774 Todd Kentucky 10 Sep 1980 Floyd Scott
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0088981 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0088970 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0013779 Montgomery Tennessee 18 Aug 1983 Edward Chester
APSC
Quercus bicolor
31234100451226 Garrard Kentucky 10 Aug 2011 W. W. Overbeck
1351
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451200 Franklin Kentucky 19 Jan 1980 Hal Bryan
12
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451440 Woodford Kentucky 18 Sep 1954 Mary E. Wharton
8724
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451275 Laurel Kentucky 02 Oct 1999 Amanda N. Allen
91
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451259 Hickman Kentucky 19 Oct 1997 Ross C. Clark
23869
EKY
Quercus bicolor
N/A Madison Kentucky 31 May 1993 Gary W. Libby
OB-319
EKY
Quercus bicolor
BEREA014614 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Quercus bicolor
BEREA014616 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080201 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0081757 Hardin Kentucky
TENN
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080211 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
APSC0088979 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0088959 Jessamine Kentucky 22 Jun 1955 Mary Wharton
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0088972 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0084700 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Quercus bicolor
31234100451176 Crittenden Kentucky 30 Sep 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5755
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451242 Henderson Kentucky 09 Oct 1980 Richard H. Hannan
6025
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451184 Fleming Kentucky 19 Jul 1999 Ross C. Clark
25201
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451143 Clinton Kentucky 11 Sep 1999 Mark A. Gorton
1347
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451499 Scott Tennessee 10 Jul 1981 Thomas S. Patrick
3613
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451382 Montgomery Kentucky 09 May 1984 Julian Campbell
133
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451366 Madison Kentucky 26 Jun 1990 Darren A. Miller
24
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451101 Adair Kentucky 23 Aug 1974 W. Meijer
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31973000013417 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Quercus bicolor
31973000013422 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080206 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080199 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0192597 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
APSC0088975 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
31234100451317 Lincoln Kentucky 03 Jul 1991 Ronald L. Jones
7394
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451325 Lincoln Kentucky 25 Jun 1981 Richard H. Hannan
7382
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100851045 Powell Kentucky 18 Sep 1988 R.C. Clark
22081
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31973000013418 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0081767 Montgomery Kentucky
TENN
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080202 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080214 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080220 Smith Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
APSC0077212 Breckinridge Kentucky 23 Jun 1983 Max Medley
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0088978 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0013784 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0088983 Jefferson Kentucky 01 Aug 1943
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0117806 Boone Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0079570 Knox Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
MTSU009685 Rutherford Tennessee 11 Oct 1979 Jamie Jones
67
MTSU
Quercus bicolor
BRIT126462 Rutherford Tennessee 28 Oct 1990 Milo Pyne
90-249
VDB
Quercus bicolor
APSC0112689 Monroe Tennessee
APSC
Quercus bicolor
MTSU009679 Rutherford Tennessee 11 Oct 1979 Bill Walker
16
MTSU
Quercus bicolor
MTSU009678 Rutherford Tennessee 11 Oct 1979 WMPonath
44
MTSU
Quercus bicolor
MTSU009676 Rutherford Tennessee 11 Oct 1979 Ann Arbuckle
47
MTSU
Quercus bicolor
MTSU009686 Rutherford Tennessee 21 Nov 1992 Scott Joslin
MTSU
Quercus bicolor
UCHT030597 Tennessee
UCHT
Quercus bicolor
BRIT126455 Davidson Tennessee 06 Sep 1938 Jesse M. Shaver
5764
VDB
Quercus bicolor
BRIT126457 Lake Tennessee 18 Nov 1986 Milo Guthrie
1602
VDB
Quercus bicolor
BRIT126456 Knox Tennessee 01 Jun 1952 R. E. Shanks
16388
VDB
Quercus bicolor
APSC0088980 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0077337 Metcalfe Kentucky 08 May 1991 Max Medley
APSC
Quercus bicolor
HTTU012596 Kentucky
HTTU
Quercus bicolor
MTSU009675 Rutherford Tennessee 16 Apr 1990 Van Colebank
MTSU
Quercus bicolor
MTSU009684 Rutherford Tennessee 07 Nov 1979 Don Green
39
MTSU
Quercus bicolor
MTSU009677 Rutherford Tennessee 11 Oct 1979 Esther Woodward
54
MTSU
Quercus bicolor
BRIT126450 Davidson Tennessee 30 Jul 1982 Richard Carter
3349
VDB
Quercus bicolor
BRIT126459 Lake Tennessee 15 Jul 1986 Milo Guthrie
1224
VDB
Quercus bicolor
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 21 Aug 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Quercus bicolor
UCHT042544 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Quercus bicolor
31234100451432 Rockcastle Kentucky 20 Apr 1977 Richard H. Hannan
12
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451168 Crittenden Kentucky 01 May 1980 Richard H. Hannan
3707
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451283 Laurel Kentucky 20 Jun 1986 R. Combs
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451374 Montgomery Kentucky 27 Aug 1984 Julian Campbell
944
EKY
Quercus bicolor
31234100451135 Breckinridge Kentucky 20 Oct 2003 R.L. Jones
9582
EKY
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080215 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
TENN-V-0080205 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Quercus bicolor
APSC0079569 Jessamine Kentucky 05 Jul 1979
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0013778 Sumner Tennessee
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0013782 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
MTSU009687 Rutherford Tennessee 07 Apr 2000 Shannon Gannon
MTSU
Quercus bicolor
BRIT126458 Lake Tennessee 18 Sep 1986 Leg. ign.
1432
VDB
Quercus bicolor
BRIT126460 Putnam Tennessee 10 Oct 1979 R. W. Simmers
3309
VDB
Quercus bicolor
APSC0088973 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0013783 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0013780 Christian Kentucky 16 Oct 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0088577 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0013776 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0120896 Rockcastle Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
MTSU009681 Rutherford Tennessee 11 Oct 1979 William A. Zaharias
MTSU
Quercus bicolor
MTSU009682 Macon Tennessee WBB
22
MTSU
Quercus bicolor
BRIT126452 Davidson Tennessee 15 Jul 1992 M. Hackney
s.n.
VDB
Quercus bicolor
BRIT126454 Davidson Tennessee 22 Sep 1983 R. Kral
70905
VDB
Quercus bicolor
BRIT126461 Robertson Tennessee 15 Oct 1951 Don Caplenor
s.n.
VDB
Quercus bicolor
BRIT126453 Davidson Tennessee 26 Sep 1991 R. Kral
79894
VDB
Quercus bicolor
BRIT126449 Cheatham Tennessee 15 Oct 1980 R. Kral
64695
VDB
Quercus bicolor
APSC0088984 Jefferson Kentucky 19 Aug 1950
APSC
Quercus bicolor
MTSU009563 Rutherford Tennessee 01 Mar 1990 Richard Hanley
MTSU
Quercus bicolor
UCHT030376 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Quercus bicolor
APSC0013777 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0088977 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Quercus bicolor
APSC0088971 Jefferson Kentucky 16 May 1941
APSC
Quercus bicolor
MTSU009680 Rutherford Tennessee 07 Nov 1979 Valerie Schulz
65
MTSU
Quercus bicolor
MTSU009674 Davidson Tennessee 07 Apr 1990 Bonnie Doak
MTSU
Quercus bicolor
MTSU009683 Cannon Tennessee Becky Ivey
6
MTSU
Quercus bicolor
BRIT126451 Davidson Tennessee 01 Jul 1991 R. Kral
79329
VDB
Quercus bicolor
BRIT126448 Cheatham Tennessee 15 Oct 1980 R. Kral
64695
VDB
Quercus bicolor
BRIT126447 Bedford Tennessee 03 Jun 1993 R. Kral
82580
VDB
Quercus bicolor
ETSU026555 Hawkins Tennessee 21 Aug 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19710b
ETSU
Quercus bicolor
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