This tree is along the Esplanade, out from the southeast corner of the Cohen Building and near the sidewalk that crosses the Esplanade.
Both swamp chestnut oak and swamp white oak trees are found naturally in wetlands. They both have leaves similar to chinkapin oak: shallow rounded lobes (or large rounded teeth) and lower leaf surfaces that appear whitish and may be hairy. The primary difference in the leaves are in the number of veins. Swamp chestnut oak
leaves usually have 9 or more pairs of veins that extend to the lobes, while
swamp white oak leaves have 5 to 8 pairs of veins with not all extending to the tips of the lobes.
If acorns are available, the two species are fairly easily distinguished. Swamp chestnut oak
acorns have short peduncles (stalks) while
swamp white oak acorns have very long peduncles.
This tree is described on
p. 95 of The Trees of Vanderbilt.
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whole tree (or vine) - general |
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whole tree (or vine) - general |
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whole tree (or vine) - general |
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whole tree (or vine) - general |
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whole tree (or vine) - general |
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whole tree (or vine) - general |
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whole tree (or vine) - view up trunk |
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whole tree (or vine) - view up trunk |
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whole tree (or vine) - view up trunk |
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bark - of a large tree |
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bark - of a large tree |
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bark - of a large tree |
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twig - orientation of petioles |
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leaf - unspecified |
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leaf - unspecified |
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leaf - unspecified |
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leaf - unspecified |
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leaf - unspecified |
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leaf - whole upper surface |
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leaf - margin of upper + lower surface |