OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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 stellata   FAMILY Fagaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus stellata   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Quercus stellata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-002:

Quercus stellata   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Quercus stellata var. stellata

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

Quercus stellata

 

COMMON NAME:
Post Oak


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image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux    dcp34_p28a

        

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

JK Marlow    jkm191222_2370_q_stellata

    Clay County    AL

Cheaha State Park

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_325

        

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_qust_001_lvd

        

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_qust_003_lvd

        

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

Alan S. Weakley    asw_3249580405353827

January        

Tree occasionally 70-80' tall, usually with large, crooked gnarled branches, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_quercus_stellata_18

February        

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

JK Marlow    jkm090318_007

March    Greenville County    SC

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

JK Marlow    jkm160331_011c

March    Laurens County    SC

Staminate flowers in pendulous catkins near base of current year's twig, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

JK Marlow    jkm160331_015

March    Laurens County    SC

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

Alan S. Weakley    asw_572739461408320

May    Granville County    NC

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

Alan S. Weakley    asw_773920957452325

May    Cumberland County    NC

Carvers Creek State Park

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10231836660635508

June        

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_q_stellata_al_4

July        AL

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10232180003018853

August        

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10232180003098855

August        

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

JK Marlow    jkm230901_5138

September    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_q_stellata_leaves

September        

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_102322Hayesville04ed

October    Clay County    NC

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10230238166994166

November    Orange County    NC

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_quercus_stellata_11

November        

image of Quercus stellata, Post Oak

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_quercus_stellata_3

November        

Acorn cup fairly thin, covering 1/3-1/2 of nut, which is 10-20mm long, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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JK Marlow    s030702_a

December    Greenville County    SC

Leaves usually cruciform, largest lateral lobes often sublobed or squarish, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus stellata   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus stellata   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Quercus stellata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-002:
Quercus stellata   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Quercus stellata var. stellata

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

 

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1201

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Upland forests and woodlands, especially in clay or rocky soils and in communities at least formerly exposed to fire, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

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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

 

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