Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus
Section: Quercus (white oaks)
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus chapmanii
FAMILY
Fagaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read Edible Wild Plants: Oak from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus chapmanii
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Quercus chapmanii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-014:
Quercus chapmanii FAMILY Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quercus chapmanii
COMMON NAME:
Chapman Oak
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_321b
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus chapmanii
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus chapmanii
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Quercus chapmanii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-014:
Quercus chapmanii
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quercus chapmanii
2578
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Dry pinelands, longleaf sandhills, scrubby flatwoods, Florida scrub, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate, 5-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring
Staminate calyx 2-8 lobed, pistillate calyx 6-lobed
Petals absent
3-12 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual
Staminate flowers in clustered drooping catkins
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Acorn
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003) p020
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p166
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p249
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p268
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