#72 most planted
Quercus bicolor
Swamp white oak
Deciduous
31,282
trees mapped
0.30%
of all named trees
25
cities
3.1 in
median trunk (8 cm, 30,438 measured)
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Quercus bicolor, commonly known as swamp white oak, is a medium-sized North American species found in north central and northeastern mixed forests. Its leaves have a distinctive silvery-white underside. This adaptable tree can survive in a variety of habitats.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 7,9311.1%—6.0 in
- 6,2720.91%—3.1 in
- 5,9661.9%—3.0 in
- 4,2222.1%9.7 yr5.1 in
- 1,9151.6%4.9 yr3.0 in
- 1,6160.48%4.4 yr2.0 in
- 1,2760.47%—2.4 in
- 4200.90%—1.6 in
- 4190.50%—3.9 in
- 3250.43%4.3 yr2.0 in
- 2740.37%8.8 yr1.6 in
- 2470.08%—6.3 in
- 1441.2%6.8 yr2.0 in
- 1030.07%2.4 yr2.0 in
- 450.03%—3.0 in
- 300.07%—2.0 in
- 290.01%—2.8 in
- 260.17%2.5 yr2.0 in
- 70.00%9.4 yr2.4 in
- 50.00%15 yr9.8 in
- 40.00%—4.4 in
- 20.01%—1.4 in
- 20.00%—2.0 in
- 10.00%—12 in
- 10.01%—3.9 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 50–70 ft
- Canopy spread
- 50 ft
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.1 in, mean 5.4 in, 90th percentile 11 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- New England-Acadian forests
Other Quercus in the catalogue
74 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
