Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Quercus similis
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.
Read more about Swamp Post Oak at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus similis
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Quercus similis
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus similis
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Quercus stellata var. paludosa
2191
Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to Georgia, South Carolina, & possibly North Carolina
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Rare
Look for it in hardwood flatwoods and bottomland hardwood forests, especially over calcareous or subcalcareous substrates, 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/Summer
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
Acorn
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America p092
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p277
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p280