Drawdowns will also benefit
swamp white oak and hackberry [plus pecan (Carya illinoiensis), other hickories, and other oaks that occur further south] because these species require slighdy higher elevations that are not frequently flooded for their growth and regeneration (Romano, 2010).
In areas with bottomland hardwood forests that contain mast producing tree species, such as white oak (Quercus alba) and
swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor), natural resource managers can expect these areas to be highly suitable habitat for white-tailed deer, because mast can compose a large majority of white-tailed deer diets in fall and winter (Johnson et al.
The swamp was dominated by black ash, red maple, and
swamp white oak with buttonbush, highbush blueberry, common winterberry, and swamp rose (Rosa palustris) in the understory.
A mix of species once common to the area are being planted, species including green and white ash, pin oak, northern pecan, black walnut, American linden, sycamore, river birch,
swamp white oak, Kentucky coffeetree, bitternut, and butternut.
There are good quality examples of Mongolian Oak (Quercus mongolica),
Swamp White Oak (Q.
One area that has been preserved is Bull Pasture Ponds, which is comprised of forested wetlands and a canopy of tall,
swamp white oak trees.
Plant material selection for the flood plain and upland areas of the Blackstone River corridor, well away from the high salt zone of the highway, would include shagbark and pignut hickory, catalpa, American beech, hornbeam, hophorn-beam, white and
swamp white oak, scarlet, and black oak, black locust, black willow, black walnut, black tupelo, sassafras, cottonwood and American elm.
These include sugar maple (Acer saccharum), silver maple (Acer saccharinum), red oak (Quercus rubra), black oak (Quercus velutina),
swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor), white oak (Quercus Alba), American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana), American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis), bald-cypress (Taxodium distichum), Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) and Eastern redceder (Juniperus virginiana).
It has been reported in soils too wet for sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) and occurring in lowland hardwood forests dominated by river birch (Betua nigra L.),
swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor Willd.), silver maple (Acer saccharinum L.), and red ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.) (Friesner and Ek, 1944; Ware, 1955).
All three kinds of trees proposed -
swamp white oak, white pine and serviceberry - are resistant to the Asian long horned beetle.
The
Swamp White Oak (Quereus bicolor) trees planted are the first of approximately 400 planned for the Memorial Plaza, which features a complex soil supported paving surface and a unique cistern system desired to sustain the urban forest.
White oak: American white oak, chestnut oak,
swamp white oak, swamp chestnut oak, chinkapin oak, post oak, Appalachian oak, northern white oak, southern white oak, overcup oak.
The museum is to provide a "serene, contemplative environment." The Memorial Plaza above ground will be marked by a canopy of 400
Swamp White Oak and Sweetgum trees, walkways and two reflecting pools set in the footprints of the original towers.
This continuously opens gaps and allows trees with only moderate shade tolerance, such as
swamp white oak, to persist in the forest.
However, it is not to be confused with "
swamp white oak"--known for its contrasty, two-color leaves, green above and whitish underneath, and plainly different from the "swamp post oak," whose acorns are over-cupped.
