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

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America p010
• Trees of the Southeastern United States p282
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p266

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