Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Quercus incana
FAMILY
Fagaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
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 incana
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-028:
Quercus incana
FAMILY
Fagaceae
COMMON NAME:
Bluejack Oak
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_quercus_incana1
April Moore County NC; Richmond County, NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_quercus_incana3
August Moore County NC; Richmond County, NC
Lvs mostly narrowly elliptic to elliptic, rarely w short bristletipped lobes, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_quercus_incana3b
August Moore County NC; Richmond County, NC
Its distinctive bristle-tipped leaves are bluish, entire, & pubescent below, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_quercus_incana5
September Moore County NC; Richmond County, NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_quercus_incana5b
September Moore County NC; Richmond County, NC
Acorn 10-15mm long and as wide, cup thin, covering 1/4 to nearly 1/2 of nut, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Quercus incana
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus incana
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-028:
Quercus incana
FAMILY
Fagaceae
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Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Piedmont)
Look for it in sandhills, primarily in somewhat loamier textured, submesic soils, inland from the Coastal Plain on coarse sandy alluvium or upland ridges over quartzite or other acidic rocks, 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
Acorn
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America p042
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p174
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p250
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p270