Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus
Section: Quercus (white oaks)
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus margaretiae
FAMILY
Fagaceae
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Learn more from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus margaretta
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Quercus margarettae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Flora of North America
Quercus margaretta
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Quercus margarettiae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-003:
Quercus margaretta FAMILY Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Quercus stellata var. margaretta
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quercus margaretta
COMMON NAME:
Sand Post Oak, Scrub Post Oak, Margaret's Oak
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_327
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_quercus_margarettae
April Richland County SC
Shrub or small tree, occasionally rhizomatous, slow growing, per Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_214138524699317
May Cumberland County NC
Carvers Creek State Park
Irregularly, often shallowly 3-5 (-7) lobed, the overall form of the leaf only rarely cruciform, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1734
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
Largest lateral lobes usually at blade midpoint or below, the lobes usually not sublobed, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231836661355526
June
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JK Marlow jkm161001_109
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm161001_842
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
A peculiar clonal form is seen in frequently burned pinelands, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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Will Stuart wil_10484830015
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Lvs rarely > 8cm; larger lateral lobes remotely suggesting cruciform shape, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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Will Stuart wil_10484951485
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Their tightly knit bark contrasts with that of the neighboring Turkey Oaks. — Will Stuart
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus margaretiae
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus margaretta
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Quercus margarettae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Flora of North America
Quercus margaretta
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Quercus margarettiae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-003:
Quercus margaretta
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Quercus stellata var. margaretta
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quercus margaretta
2546
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, typically in slightly loamy or clayey soils, not usual in the deepest and most xeric sands; outside of the distribution of Pinus palustris, in deep sandy, loamy, or rocky sites; also dry bluff forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p096
- Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003) p056
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p180
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p41
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p276
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p272
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