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2164

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Native to Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - -

Rare

Look for it on dry bluffs, per Weakley's Flora

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...Dry

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate, 5-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring
Unisexual
Staminate calyx 2-8 lobed, pistillate calyx 6-lobed
Petals absent
3-12 stamens in staminate flowers

Staminate flowers in clustered drooping catkins

FRUIT:
Acorn

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
 Quercus arkansana   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus arkansana   FAMILY Fagaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Arkansas Oak

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image of Quercus arkansana, Arkansas Oak

Ron Lance    rwl2164_a

September        

Leaves obovate, margin entire with 3 lobes and up to 10 bristle tips, per Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America.