Grows in wet soils and along stream borders. It is a common tree of lowland forests on the Eastern Shore.
Basket Oak (Quercus michauxii) was named after André Michaux, an 18th-century French botanist who explored the eastern United states.
The bark resembles that of White Oak; it is furrowed, with ridges that are scaly or flaking. The leaves are generally widest above the middle, and have many (10-15) pairs of shallow lobes.
You can find very large Basket Oaks along the forested trails of LeCompte WMA in Dorchester County.
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