swamp white oak

Swamp White Oak, new leaves. . . (Quercus bicolor)  A relatively slow -growing, long-lived (300 + years) native
of North America. The specific name, bicolor, refers to the contrast between the dark green of the upper leaf
and the whitish lower surface. (Leaves normally flush in late spring.)


(Photograph was made Wednesday, the 24th of April, 2002)


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Photograph by Cliff Crego © 2002 picture-poems.com

(created:
IV.29.2002)