The Swamp Oak is a subset member of the white oak group. The tree is medium height (70 feet) with a bole diameter upto four feet. The trunk is light gray and roughly ridged and flaky. Leaves are five inches long and have large rounded teeth instead of lobes. They are dark and shiny on top and light and hairless underneath. The acorns have bowl shaped caps and long stalks. Twigs are hairless and have quarter-inch, rounded hairless buds.

The growing region is from Kansas to Maine. Oak is a hardwood providing a major portion of the annual lumber in the United States. The wood is used for furniture, flooring and pallets. Oak trees are generally slow-growing and long-lived and tend to be relatively resistant to diseases and insects. Tannin is a major produce from oak bark.