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 similis
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus similis
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Quercus stellata var. paludosa
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Post Oak, Bottomland Post Oak, Delta Oak
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Ron Lance rwl_similis_lvs
September
Leaves mostly 3-lobed above middle, but variable & not with a uniform shape, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Ron Lance rwl_similis_lvs2
September
Acorn cup thin, covering 1/3 to 1/2 of nut, which is about 14mm long, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.