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 (4/24/22):
Quercus laurifolia   FAMILY Fagaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus laurifolia   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Quercus laurifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-031:

Quercus laurifolia   FAMILY Fagaceae

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

Quercus obtusa

 

COMMON NAME:
Laurel Oak, Swamp Laurel Oak, Diamond Leaf Oak


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image of Quercus laurifolia, Laurel Oak, Swamp Laurel Oak, Diamond Leaf Oak

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_296

        

image of Quercus laurifolia, Laurel Oak, Swamp Laurel Oak, Diamond Leaf Oak

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_qula3_001_lvd

        

image of Quercus laurifolia, Laurel Oak, Swamp Laurel Oak, Diamond Leaf Oak

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_qula3_003_pvd

        

image of Quercus laurifolia, Laurel Oak, Swamp Laurel Oak, Diamond Leaf Oak

JK Marlow    jkm090221_073

February    Richland County    SC

Congaree National Park

National Champion Tree.

image of Quercus laurifolia, Laurel Oak, Swamp Laurel Oak, Diamond Leaf Oak

JK Marlow    jkm090221_077

February    Richland County    SC

Congaree National Park

Leaf shape variable: usually widened near tip but often wider at middle, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Quercus laurifolia, Laurel Oak, Swamp Laurel Oak, Diamond Leaf Oak

Keith Bradley    kab_q_laurifolia_75212

March    Monroe County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

Bark dark gray, shallowly ridged and furrowed, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Quercus laurifolia, Laurel Oak, Swamp Laurel Oak, Diamond Leaf Oak

JK Marlow    s101017_laureloak

October    Mecklenburg County    NC

Leaf tips blunt, usually without bristle tips, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus laurifolia   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Quercus laurifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-031:
Quercus laurifolia   FAMILY Fagaceae

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

 

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1864

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Mesic to seasonally flooded soils of floodplains, also (rarely) mesic slopes and swamps in maritime forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen
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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