Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus
Section: Quercus (white oaks)
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus boyntonii
FAMILY
Fagaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read Edible Wild Plants: Oak from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus boyntonii
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Quercus boyntonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quercus boyntonii
(?) -
Quercus stellata var. boyntonii
COMMON NAME:
Boynton Oak, Boynton Sand Post Oak
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JK Marlow jkm110416_699
April Etowah County AL
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_quercus_boyntonii_3
August
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_quercus_boyntonii_15
September
Acorn cup with appressed gray scales, covering 1/3 to 1/2 of nut, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_quercus_boyntonii_18
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_quercus_boyntonii_8
September
Lvs not cruciform, lobes tapering from base tip & ascending relative to midrib, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_quercus_boytonii_1_2
September
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Ron Lance rwl_qboyntonii
September
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus boyntonii
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus boyntonii
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Quercus boyntonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quercus boyntonii
(?)
-
Quercus stellata var. boyntonii
2185
Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Dry forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous/Semi-evergreen
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:
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 (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003) p016
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p266
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