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Forestry vyo SWAh*t> i^HITEOAK QveRcas eicoLO/t X Swamp White Oak. (Quercus hicolor) A fine forest tree in swampy land; up to no feet high. Wood as in preceding species, but a cubic foot weighs only 48 lbs. It has the leaf of a White Oak, the bark of a Black. Its smaller branches have the bark rough and loose giving a shaggy appearance to the tree. Its acorns ripen in one season and as in all the annual fruiting oaks its wood is durable next the ground.