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 myrtifolia
FAMILY
Fagaceae
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Read Edible Wild Plants: Oak from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus myrtifolia
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Quercus myrtifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-026:
Quercus myrtifolia FAMILY Fagaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quercus myrtifolia
COMMON NAME:
Myrtle Oak
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_303
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Ron Lance rwl_myrtifolia_lvs
September
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Ron Lance rwl_myrtifolia_lvs2
September
1-2 acorns per peduncle. Goblet-shaped pubescent gray cup covers 1/4-1/3 nut, per Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003).
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Ron Lance rwl_myrtifolia_lvs3
September
Leaf blades leathery, oval to elliptical, margins entire and revolute, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmqmyrtifolia_ossp1
Month Unknown
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmqmyrtifolia_ossp2
Month Unknown
Acorn cup thin, enclosing 1/3 or less of nut, which is 10-14mm long, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmqmyrtifolia_ossphabit
Month Unknown
Occurs in dry, sandy uplands in pinelands, scrub, dunes near the coast, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus myrtifolia
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus myrtifolia
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Quercus myrtifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-026:
Quercus myrtifolia
FAMILY
Fagaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quercus myrtifolia
2182
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub (more commonly on yellow sands), oak scrub, dry flatwoods, coastal dunes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in GA, rare in SC
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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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003) p070
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p185
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p209
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p276
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