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 elliottii
FAMILY
Fagaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read Edible Wild Plants: Oak from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus pumila
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Quercus elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Flora of North America
Quercus pumila
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-029:
Quercus pumila FAMILY Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quercus pumila
COMMON NAME:
Running Oak
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_qupu80_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160417_366
April Coffee County GA
Broxton Rocks Preserve
Leaves pale green, lustrous above; margins slightly revolute and thickened, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm081009_059
October Dorchester County SC
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JK Marlow jkm081009_061
October Dorchester County SC
A small shrub which often holds its leaves during winter, per Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003).
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JK Marlow jkm081009_100
October Dorchester County SC
Leaves usually unlobed, awned at tip, grayish and pubescent on undersurface, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus elliottii
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus pumila
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Quercus elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Flora of North America
Quercus pumila
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-029:
Quercus pumila
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quercus pumila
2591
Shrub
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Mesic pine savannas, especially on loamy soils in the Middle Coastal Plain, pine rocklands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in SC, rare in NC)
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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!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p372
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p253
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p339
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p099
- Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003) p084
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p056
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p155
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p278
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