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Swamp white bicolor) <br /> Form <br /> Height may reach 65' wvith a diameter of up <br /> �o narrow, rounded top, -open crown; <br /> the u p err tru n k is often ffi aged with shoat <br /> drooping branches. <br /> Bark <br /> o .. <br /> Ti i t k, deeply and irreguiarly divided b <br /> fissures into broad ridges.: grayish brown,- <br /> bark on twigs ragged and often peel i rig, <br /> Leaf <br /> nk Sim p le, a Ite mate on stem, length 5" to 611 <br /> often n c rGw d ed toward ends of twigs; broad <br /> at middle (pear shaped) and wedge shaped <br /> at base; wavy and indented along margins; <br /> dark green and shiny above, grayish and <br /> fuzzy beneath; turns brown in autur-nri. <br /> Fruit (seed <br /> Nut or acorn, length abo gat I"; enclosed for <br /> a bO LA one-third of its length in a thick, <br /> n arrow cu pr usual ly in pai rs on slender dark <br /> brown sta I ks that are " to.4" long. <br /> Range <br /> Common in river bottoms in the e trrer ne <br /> southeastern corner of the state and in the <br /> southern part of the Minnesota River Valley; <br /> Click o ii tag e. i mages h ell)ya U identify an Swamp white oa I . = <br /> ra rely grey as far n o rth as fit. Pa U Ir requires <br /> m gist soil as name i m p I ies; moderately <br /> Bade tolerant, slow growing. <br /> Wood uses <br /> Light b r w nr hardy strong, tough, a n d <br /> d u rable; used for rai lway ties ba rrelr m i rye <br /> 151 ' age <br />