OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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 pagoda   FAMILY Fagaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus pagoda   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Quercus pagoda

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Quercus pagoda

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

Quercus pagoda

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

Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-022b:

Quercus falcata var. pagodaefolia   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Quercus falcata var. pagodaefolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Quercus pagoda

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Quercus rubra var. pagodaefolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Cherrybark Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak


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image of Quercus pagoda, Cherrybark Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_289

        

image of Quercus pagoda, Cherrybark Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_qupa11_001_lvd

        

image of Quercus pagoda, Cherrybark Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak

JK Marlow    jkm090221_010

February    Richland County    SC

Congaree National Park

Bark on older trees scaly with age, somewhat resembling large black cherry, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Quercus pagoda, Cherrybark Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak

JK Marlow    jkm090221_013

February    Richland County    SC

Congaree National Park

Chestnut-brown cup with pubescent scales covers 1/3-1/2 of rounded brown nut, per Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003).

image of Quercus pagoda, Cherrybark Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak

JK Marlow    jkm090221_016

February    Richland County    SC

Congaree National Park

image of Quercus pagoda, Cherrybark Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak

JK Marlow    jkm090221_017

February    Richland County    SC

Congaree National Park

image of Quercus pagoda, Cherrybark Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak

JK Marlow    s090221_b

February    Richland County    SC

Congaree National Park

Leaves more regularly lobed than Q. falcata, the base broadly wedge-shaped, 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 Cherrybark Oak and Southern Red Oak

image of Quercus pagoda, Cherrybark Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_q_pagoda_9_25_05_10

September        

image of Quercus pagoda, Cherrybark Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_q_pagoda_9_25_05_3

September        

image of Quercus pagoda, Cherrybark Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_quercus_pagoda_leaves

September        

Middle lobes usually spread at right angles to the midrib, per Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003).

image of Quercus pagoda, Cherrybark Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_quercus_pagoda_3

October        

image of Quercus pagoda, Cherrybark Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_q_pagoda_3_bark

December    Floyd County    GA

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus pagoda   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Quercus pagoda

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Quercus pagoda

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-022b:
Quercus falcata var. pagodaefolia   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Quercus falcata var. pagodaefolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quercus pagoda

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Quercus rubra var. pagodaefolia

 

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1185

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Bottomland forests, especially on second terraces, also mesic to dry-mesic upland sites, especially where somewhat base-rich, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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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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