OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus minima   FAMILY Fagaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus minima   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Quercus minima

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

Quercus minima

 

COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Live Oak


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image of Quercus minima, Dwarf Live Oak

Ron Lance    rwl_minima_lvs

September        

Leaves obovate or oblanceolate, with a very short petiole, base cuneate, per Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003).

image of Quercus minima, Dwarf Live Oak

Ron Lance    rwl_minima_lvs2

September        

Acorn cup goblet-shaped with grayish scales, enclosing up to 1/2 of nut, per Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus minima   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Quercus minima

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2181

Shrub
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: pine flatwoods, coastal fringe sandhills, pine rocklands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in SC, rare in NC)

map
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LEAVES:
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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