Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Quercus georgiana
FAMILY
Fagaceae
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.
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_quercus_georgiana_1
April
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Sam Pratt sbp041920_0932
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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Sam Pratt sbp041920_0932b
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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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.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_q_georgiana_lvs_3
May
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Ron Lance rwl_qgeorgiana
September
Leaves shiny bright green, sinuses often asymmetrically angular, base acute, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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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.
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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.
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
2187
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it on dry slopes and bluffs, mainly over granite, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America p032
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p171
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p41
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p286
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p270