Quercus michauxii Nutt.

Basket Oak
Swamp Chestnut Oak

Florida native

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An occasional oak of mesic, calcareous hammocks mostly north of I-4 and also in Hardee County. The range extends throughout the southeast, west into Texas and Oklahoma, north into Missouri, Illinois and Indiana and northeast into New Jersey.

Quercus michauxii is one of the white oaks.

Quercus michauxii is a member of the Fagaceae - Beech family.

Other species of the Quercus genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
  Quercus chapmanii  - CHAPMAN'S OAK
  Quercus geminata - SAND LIVE OAK
  Quercus inopina - SCRUB OAK
  Quercus laevis - TURKEY OAK
  Quercus laurifolia - LAUREL OAK
  Quercus minima - DWARF LIVE OAK
  Quercus myrtifolia - MYRTLE OAK
  Quercus nigra  - WATER OAK
  Quercus virginiana - LIVE OAK

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species

iNaturalist profile for this species

USDA Plant Profile for this species

Date record last modified: Feb 14, 2025