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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
Genus: Quercus     Subgenus: Quercus     Section: Lobatae (red oaks)    

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Quercus texana   FAMILY Fagaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus texana   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Quercus texana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Quercus texana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)

Quercus texana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Quercus nuttallii

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Quercus shumardii var. texana

 

COMMON NAME:
Nuttall Oak, Texas Red Oak


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image of Quercus texana, Nuttall Oak, Texas Red Oak

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_277

        

image of Quercus texana, Nuttall Oak, Texas Red Oak

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_qute_002_lvd

        

image of Quercus texana, Nuttall Oak, Texas Red Oak

Sam Pratt    sbp_3191

April    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

Treated by some as a variety of Pin Oak or Shumard Oak, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Quercus texana, Nuttall Oak, Texas Red Oak

Sam Pratt    sbp_3192

April    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

Some leaves w lobes angled toward tip (vs. Pin Oak's usually right angled), per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Pin Oak, Scarlet Oak, Shumard Oak and Texas Oak

image of Quercus texana, Nuttall Oak, Texas Red Oak

Sam Pratt    sbp_3193

April    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Quercus texana, Nuttall Oak, Texas Red Oak

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_q_nuttallii_flo_2

August    Floyd County    GA

Bark gray, thickening and fissured with age, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Quercus texana, Nuttall Oak, Texas Red Oak

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_q_nuttallii_flo_6

August    Floyd County    GA

image of Quercus texana, Nuttall Oak, Texas Red Oak

JK Marlow    jkm201014_7680

October    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Quercus texana   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus texana   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Quercus texana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Quercus texana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Quercus texana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Quercus nuttallii

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Quercus shumardii var. texana

 

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3746

Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Bottomland hardwood forests, hardwood flatwoods, swamps, also now widely planted well east of its native distribution, per Weakley's Flora

Native west of the Carolinas & Georgia

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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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Acorn

 

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