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 (4/14/23):
Quercus texana
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.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus texana
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Quercus texana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Quercus texana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)
Quercus texana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Quercus nuttallii
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Quercus shumardii var. texana
COMMON NAME:
Nuttall Oak, Texas Red Oak
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_277
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_qute_002_lvd
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Sam Pratt sbp_3191
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Treated by some as a variety of Pin Oak or Shumard Oak, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Sam Pratt sbp_3192
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Some leaves w lobes angled toward tip (vs. Pin Oak's usually right angled), per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
COMPARE
leaves of Pin Oak, Scarlet Oak, Shumard Oak and Texas Oak
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Sam Pratt sbp_3193
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_q_nuttallii_flo_2
August Floyd County GA
Bark gray, thickening and fissured with age, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_q_nuttallii_flo_6
August Floyd County GA
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JK Marlow jkm201014_7680
October Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Quercus texana
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus texana
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Quercus texana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Quercus texana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Quercus texana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Quercus nuttallii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Quercus shumardii var. texana
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Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Bottomland hardwood forests, hardwood flatwoods, swamps, also now widely planted well east of its native distribution, per Weakley's Flora
Native west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Acorn
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America (Williams, 2007) p294
- Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003) p098
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p195
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p282
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