''Quercus similis'', the swamp post oak or bottomland post oak, is an
oak species native to the southeastern and south-central United States. The greatest concentration of populations is in
Louisiana and
Arkansas,
Mississippi, and eastern
Texas, with isolated population in
Missouri,
Alabama, and the
Coastal Plain of
Georgia and
South Carolina.
''Quercus similis'' is a
deciduous tree up to tall. It has a straight trunk. The
bark
Bark may refer to:
* Bark (botany), an outer layer of a woody plant such as a tree or stick
* Bark (sound), a vocalization of some animals (which is commonly the dog)
Places
* Bark, Germany
* Bark, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
Arts, ...
is brown and flaky. The branches are gray, and between in diameter. The
leaves
A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...
are between long and wide, more or less closely egg-shaped. The apex is acute or rounded, base shortly indicated. The leaf margins are flat with two or three pairs of shallow lobes apical half, shiny dark green on top but gray underneath between 3 and 5 pairs of veins. The petiole is between 3 and 10 mm long. The flowers appear in spring. The acorns are between long, oblong, and dark brown. It produces acorns one at a time or in groups of three.
References
External links
Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri in 2012
similis
Trees of the United States
Plants described in 1922
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