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 (4/24/22):
Quercus texana
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 texana
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Quercus texana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Quercus nuttallii
(?) -
Quercus shumardii var. texana
COMMON NAME:
Nuttall Oak, Texas Red Oak
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_277
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_qute_002_lvd
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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).
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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).
COMPARE
leaves of Pin Oak, Scarlet Oak, Shumard Oak and Texas Oak
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Sam Pratt sbp_3193
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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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).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_q_nuttallii_flo_6
August Floyd County GA
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JK Marlow jkm201014_7680
October Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus texana
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus texana
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Quercus texana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Quercus nuttallii
(?)
-
Quercus shumardii var. texana
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
Unisexual
Staminate calyx 2-8 lobed, pistillate calyx 6-lobed
Petals absent
3-12 stamens in staminate flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Acorn
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America (Williams, 2007) p294
- Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003) p098
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p195
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p282