OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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 oglethorpensis   FAMILY Fagaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus oglethorpensis   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Quercus oglethorpensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-012:

Quercus oglethorpensis   FAMILY Fagaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Oglethorpe Oak


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image of Quercus oglethorpensis, Oglethorpe Oak

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_q_oglethorpensis_1

April        

Bark gray, scaly, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus oglethorpensis   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus oglethorpensis   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Quercus oglethorpensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-012:
Quercus oglethorpensis   FAMILY Fagaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2579

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Bottomland forests, upland oak flats over clays (Iredell and Enon soils), 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

 

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