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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   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Quercus myrtifolia, Myrtle Oak

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_303

        

image of Quercus myrtifolia, Myrtle Oak

Ron Lance    rwl_myrtifolia_lvs

September        

image of Quercus myrtifolia, Myrtle Oak

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).

image of Quercus myrtifolia, Myrtle Oak

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).

image of Quercus myrtifolia, Myrtle Oak

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmqmyrtifolia_ossp1

Month Unknown        

image of Quercus myrtifolia, Myrtle Oak

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).

image of Quercus myrtifolia, Myrtle Oak

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

 

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Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub, 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

 

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