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swamp chestnut oak

Quercus michauxii

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 38, February 46, March 43, April 90, May 69, June 41, July 33, August 31, September 41, October 40, November 46, December 35.
United States4,931
North Carolina1,230
Virginia942
Louisiana854
Georgia736
South Carolina659
Alabama442
Texas393
Mississippi365
Maryland241

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderbeeches, oaks, walnuts, and allies · Fagales
Familybeech family · Fagaceae
Genusoaks · Quercus

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