Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read Edible Wild Plants: Oak from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Quercus georgiana
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus georgiana
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-018:
Quercus georgiana
FAMILY
Fagaceae
COMMON NAME:
Georgia Oak
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_q_georgiana_bark2
May Harris County GA
F.D. Roosevelt State Park
Bark gray or darker, with rough or slightly scaly ridges and plates, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
Ron Lance rwl_qgeorgiana
September
Leaves shiny bright green, sinuses often asymmetrically angular, base acute, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Ron Lance rwl_qgeorgiana2
September
Acorns nearly round with a shallow cup, the margin not rolled inward, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_quercus_georgiana_5
October
Lobes rarely w more than 1-2 points; undersurface glabrous, lustrous green, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.