Swamp laurel oak (Quercus laurifolia)

Swamp laurel oak, a reference photo — Photo: Bruce Kirchoff from Greensboro, NC, USA · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Quercus laurifolia (swamp laurel oak, diamond-leaf oak, water oak, obtusa oak, laurel oak) is a medium-sized semi-evergreen oak in the red oak section Quercus sect. Lobatae. It is native to the southeastern coastal plains and south-central United States.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Swamp laurel oak being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Quercus hemisphaerica
Quercus oglethorpensis
Quercus incana
Quercus phellos
Nyssa biflora
Quercus imbricaria

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species: Quercus laurifolia

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