The swamp white oak’s fall foliage color is orange-gold to yellow in mid-autumn. It is an excellent shade tree for any ...

as it can spread to neighboring trees by root grafting or by sap feeding beetles and/or oak bark beetles. Northern red oak is frequently planted as an ornamental due to its bright red fall foliage.

Mike Fiaoni supervises the George O. White State Forest Nursery in Licking, Missouri. Originally managed by the U.S. Forest ...