OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
Genus: Quercus     Subgenus: Quercus     Section: Lobatae (red oaks)    

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus arkansana   FAMILY Fagaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus arkansana   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Quercus arkansana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Quercus arkansana

 

COMMON NAME:
Arkansas Oak


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image of Quercus arkansana, Arkansas Oak

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_291

        

image of Quercus arkansana, Arkansas Oak

Ron Lance    rwl2164_a

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Leaves obovate, margin entire with 3 lobes and up to 10 bristle tips, per Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus arkansana   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus arkansana   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Quercus arkansana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quercus arkansana

 

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2164

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Dry bluffs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate, 5-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring
Staminate calyx 2-8 lobed, pistillate calyx 6-lobed
Petals absent
3-12 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual

Staminate flowers in clustered drooping catkins

FRUIT:
Acorn

 

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