...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read Edible Wild Plants: Oak from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa
FAMILY
Fagaceae
COMMON NAME:
Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_quercus_macrocarpa
May MA
Arnold Arboretum
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_quercus_macrocarpa_2
May MA
Arnold Arboretum
Bark dark grayish-brown, rough, with deep furrows and prominent ridges, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_quercus_macrocarpa_3
May MA
Arnold Arboretum
Bark more vertically ridged and darker brown than that of White Oak, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow s060618_a
June Pickens County SC
Clemson University
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JK Marlow s060618_b
June Pickens County SC
Clemson University
Leaves often fiddle-shaped, smooth shiny dark green above, pale hairy below, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm111015_010016
October
Cup's grayish pubescent scales form a fringe around & enclose 1/2-7/8 of nut, per Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America.
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JK Marlow s101017_buroak
October Mecklenburg County NC