Excerpt from Silvical Characteristics of Swamp White Oak Swamp white oak (quercus bicolor Willd. Derives its specific name from the color of its foliage which is silvery white beneath and bright green above. This species belongs to the chestnut oak group; the leaves are toothed and shallowly lobed. Swamp white oak may be identified by the acorns which are set on long peduncles and by the scaly bark on the trunk and twigs. On some twigs and branches the bark exfoliates and gives the tree a recognizable appearance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.