Basket Oak
Quercus michauxii
Fagaceae
Other names
Swamp Chestnut Oak
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
North America
Location
Houston and Grossman Ponds, Schnee Oak Collection
Source of plant
Doug Goldman, Forrest Keeling Nursery, Windrose Nursery, Forestfarm Nursery
Description
Tree reaching 30 m in height with light gray, scaly bark. Leaves obovate to oblong, 10-16 cm long, acute, rather coarsely and regularly dentate with 10-14 obtuse teeth on either side, bright green (!), and glossy above, gray-tomentose or velvety beneath, the petiole 1.5-3.5 cm long. Fruits shorter stalked than the leaves (!), the acorns oval-oblong, about 3 cm long, 1/3 enclosed by the cup, the scales on the base of the cup much thickened, the apical limb composed of stiff, fringed scales.
USDA Hardiness Zone
6