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 geminata   FAMILY Fagaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus geminata   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Quercus geminata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-013?:

Quercus virginiana   FAMILY Fagaceae

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

Quercus geminata

 

COMMON NAME:
Sand Live Oak


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image of Quercus geminata, Sand Live Oak

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_310

        

image of Quercus geminata, Sand Live Oak

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmqgeminata_ossp

Month Unknown        

Leaf blade narrowly elliptic, base cuneate, margins entire and revolute, per Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003).

image of Quercus geminata, Sand Live Oak

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmqgeminata_ossp2

Month Unknown        

image of Quercus geminata, Sand Live Oak

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmqgeminata_ossp2b

Month Unknown        

Leaf upper surface shiny green w impressed secondary veins, lower glaucous, 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 geminata   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus geminata   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Quercus geminata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-013?:
Quercus virginiana   FAMILY Fagaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2576

Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Xeric sandhills (northward restricted to areas very near the coast), Florida scrub, coastal dry hammocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolinas)

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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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