Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus
Section: Virentes (live oaks)
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Quercus geminata
FAMILY
Fagaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus geminata
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Quercus geminata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-013?:
Quercus virginiana FAMILY Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quercus geminata
COMMON NAME:
Sand Live Oak
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_310
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmqgeminata_ossp
Month Unknown
Leaf blade narrowly elliptic, base cuneate, margins entire and revolute, per Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmqgeminata_ossp2
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmqgeminata_ossp2b
Month Unknown
Leaf upper surface shiny green w impressed secondary veins, lower glaucous, 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 geminata
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus geminata
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Quercus geminata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-013?:
Quercus virginiana
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Quercus geminata
2576
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Xeric sandhills (northward restricted to areas very near the coast), Florida scrub (especially yellow sands), coastal dry hammocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolinas)
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LEAVES:
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!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p323
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p499
- Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America (Stein, Binion, & Acciavatti, 2003) p030
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p170
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p208
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p270
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