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Your search found 49 taxa in the family Fagaceae, Beech family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
American Beech
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Fagus grandifolia + FAMILY: Fagaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Fagus grandifolia FAMILY: Fagaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Fagus grandifolia 055-01-001 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
American Chestnut
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Castanea dentata FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Castanea dentata FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Castanea dentata 055-02-001 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in mesic and xeric forests
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Chinquapin, Chinkapin, Allegheny Chinquapin
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Castanea pumila FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Castanea pumila var. pumila FAMILY: Fagaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Castanea pumila var. pumila 055-02-002 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in xeric forests & woodlands, generally in fire-maintained habitats
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Japanese Chestnut
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) - FAMILY: Fagaceae
PLANTS National Database: Castanea crenata FAMILY: Fagaceae
Non-native
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Common Name:
Chinese Chestnut
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Castanea mollissima FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Castanea mollissima FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in forests
Rare, widely planted and sometimes naturalizing
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Spanish Chestnut, European Chestnut
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Castanea sativa FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Castanea sativa FAMILY: Fagaceae
Non-native
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Common Name:
White Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus alba FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus alba FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus alba 055-03-001 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in mesic to xeric forests
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Post Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus stellata FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus stellata FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus stellata 055-03-002 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in upland forests & woodlands, esp in clay or rocky soils and in fire communities
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Boynton Sand Post Oak, Boynton Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus boyntonii FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus boyntonii FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in dry forests
Rare
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Swamp Post Oak, Bottomland Post Oak, Delta Oak
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Quercus similis FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus similis FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in hardwood flatwoods and bottomland hardwood forests, especially over calcareous or subcalcareous substrates
Rare
Native to Georgia, South Carolina, & possibly North Carolina
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Common Name:
Sand Post Oak, Scrub Post Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus margarettae FAMILY: Fagaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Quercus margarettae FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus margaretta 055-03-003 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in sandhills, typically in slightly loamy or clayey soils, not usual in the deepest and most xeric sands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Bluff Oak, Bastard White Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus austrina FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus austrina FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus austrina 055-03-004 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it on river bluffs, mesic hammocks, dry hammocks, natural levees of brownwater rivers, over mafic rocks, on shell or calcareous sediments
Rare, essentially endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Overcup Oak, Swamp White Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus lyrata FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus lyrata FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus lyrata 055-03-005 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in seasonally rather deeply & frequently flooded soils of floodplains of Coastal Plain, less commonly in seasonally flooded swamps in Triassic basins in lower Piedmont, and rarely in upland depression swamps of Piedmont (developed over clays weathered from mafic rocks) and Coastal Plain
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont & Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Swamp White Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus bicolor FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus bicolor FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus bicolor 055-03-006 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in upland depression swamp forests over mafic rocks such as gabbro or diabase, bottomland swamps with calcareous sediments
Uncommon (rare south of VA)
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Swamp Chestnut Oak, Basket Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus michauxii FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus michauxii FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus michauxii 055-03-007 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in bottomland forests, esp in fertile soils of upper terraces where flooded only infrequently & for shorter periods, upland depression ponds
Common (uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Rock Chestnut Oak, Tanbark Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus montana FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (PROBABLY MISAPPLIED) PLANTS National Database: Quercus prinus FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (PROBABLY MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus prinus 055-03-008 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in xeric forests of ridges, slopes
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Chinquapin Oak, Yellow Chestnut Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus muehlenbergii FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus muehlenbergii FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus muehlenbergii 055-03-009 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it on slopes & bluffs, on soils derived from calcareous or mafic rocks
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Dwarf Chinquapin Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus prinoides FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus prinoides FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus prinoides 055-03-010 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in xeric uplands, esp on clay soils derived from mafic rocks, and probably in sites which naturally burned rather frequently
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: Bastard Oak, Durand's White Oak, Durand's Oak
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Quercus durandii var. durandii FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus sinuata var. sinuata FAMILY: Fagaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus durandii 055-03-011 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it on calcareous bluffs, glades, prairies, ravines, hardwood flatwoods, bottomland forests
Rare (an endemic)
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Bastard Oak
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) - FAMILY: Fagaceae
PLANTS National Database: Quercus sinuata var. breviloba FAMILY: Fagaceae
Native: Western US
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Common Name:
Oglethorpe Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus oglethorpensis FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus oglethorpensis FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus oglethorpensis 055-03-012 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in bottomland forests, upland oak flats over clays (Iredell and Enon soils)
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Live Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus virginiana FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus virginiana FAMILY: Fagaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus virginiana 055-03-013 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in maritime forests & maritime scrub on barrier islands, more rarely inland (though regularly on the mainland from southeast NC south, and extending substantially inland from southern SC south), sometimes in dry, fire-maintained habitats more usually occupied by Q. geminata, also planted (esp in outer Coastal Plain)
Common (uncommon in NC), endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sand Live Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus geminata FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus geminata FAMILY: Fagaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus virginiana 055-03-013? FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in xeric sandhills (northwards restricted to areas very near the coast)
Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in NC-SC), endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Dwarf Live Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus minima FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus minima FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in pine flatwoods, coastal fringe sandhills
Uncommon (rare in NC), endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Chapman Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus chapmanii FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus chapmanii FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus chapmanii 055-03-014 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in dry pinelands, sandhills, scrub
Rare, endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Northern Red Oak, Red Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus rubra + FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus rubra + FAMILY: Fagaceae
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus rubra + 055-03-015 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it forests of slopes, coves, and - depending upon variety - ridges or ravines
Common (rare in Coastal Plain or Mountains, depending on variety)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Shumard Oak, Swamp Red Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus shumardii FAMILY: Fagaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Quercus shumardii var. shumardii FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus shumardii 055-03-016 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in moist & fertile soils of bottomlands & lower slopes, also in xeric sites over calcareous rock (such as limestone)
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain & Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Nuttall Oak, Texas Red Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus texana FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus texana FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in floodplain swamps and bottomlands
Rare
Native west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pin Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus palustris FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus palustris FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus palustris 055-03-017 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in swamps & bottomlands, esp the broader swamps developed in the sedimentary rocks of Triassic basins of lower Piedmont, isolated upland sag ponds, also widely planted as a street tree in towns & cities
Rare south of VA
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Georgia Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus georgiana FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus georgiana FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus georgiana 055-03-018 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it on dry slopes and bluffs, mainly over granite
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Turkey Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus laevis FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus laevis FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus laevis 055-03-019 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in sandhills, primarily in very xeric soils of deep sandy deposits (Carolina bay rims, old beach dunes, early Cenozoic deposits of Sandhills Province), or inland from the Coastal Plain on dry ridges and slopes over quartzite or other acidic rock types
Common (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Black Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus velutina FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus velutina FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus velutina 055-03-020 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in upland forests & woodlands, esp in fairly xeric & sandy soils
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Scarlet Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus coccinea FAMILY: Fagaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Quercus coccinea + FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus coccinea 055-03-021 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in xeric upland forests
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain south of VA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Red Oak, Spanish Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus falcata FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus falcata FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus falcata var. falcata 055-03-022a FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in upland forests, usually xeric
Common (uncommon in NC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Cherrybark Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus pagoda FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus pagoda FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus falcata var. pagodaefolia 055-03-022b FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in bottomland forests, esp on second terraces, also mesic upland sites
Common (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Bear Oak, Scrub Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus ilicifolia FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus ilicifolia FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus ilicifolia 055-03-023 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in xeric soils in ridges in the Mountains and monadnocks in the upper Piedmont, other dry sites
Rare in Piedmont
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Blackjack Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus marilandica var. marilandica FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus marilandica var. marilandica FAMILY: Fagaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus marilandica 055-03-024 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in uplands forests and woodlands, usually on periodically droughty soils, as over shrink-swell clays, sandstones, deep sands, and sands with clay lenses
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Water Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus nigra FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus nigra FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus nigra 055-03-025 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in bottomland forests, esp on levees or second terraces where flooded infrequently and for short periods, less commonly on mesic slopes
Common (uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Myrtle Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus myrtifolia FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus myrtifolia FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus myrtifolia 055-03-026 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in dry pinelands
Rare, endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Shingle Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus imbricaria FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus imbricaria FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus imbricaria 055-03-027 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in rich soils of upper floodplains of rivers & creeks, often at the base of the slope into the upland, also on lower slopes, and in forests over diabase in Piedmont of northern NC
Uncommon (rare in GA)
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Bluejack Oak
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): Quercus incana 055-03-028 FAMILY: Fagaceae
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
Common (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Running Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus elliottii FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (APPARENTLY MISAPPLIED) PLANTS National Database: Quercus pumila FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (APPARENTLY MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus pumila 055-03-029 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in pine flatwoods, esp on loamy soils in the middle Coastal Plain
Common (uncommon in SC, rare in NC), endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Willow Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus phellos FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus phellos FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus phellos 055-03-030 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in bottomland forests, esp on natural levees & second terraces, also in upland depression swamps developed on clay soils, weedy & successional on slopes & upland sites following disturbance, and widely planted as a street tree in towns & cities
Common (uncommon in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Laurel Oak, Swamp Laurel Oak, Diamond Leaf Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus laurifolia FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus laurifolia FAMILY: Fagaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus laurifolia 055-03-031 FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in mesic to seasonally flooded soils of floodplains, also (rarely) mesic slopes and swamps in maritime forests
Common, endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Darlington Oak, Sand Laurel Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus hemisphaerica FAMILY: Fagaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Quercus hemisphaerica + FAMILY: Fagaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Quercus laurifolia 055-03-031? FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in sandhills and other dry, sandy soils, as an abundant component of maritime forests with Q. virginiana, and widely planted as a street tree in most parts of our region
Common (rare in Piedmont), essentially endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Arkansas Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus arkansana FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus arkansana FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it on dry bluffs
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Buckley Oak
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) - FAMILY: Fagaceae
PLANTS National Database: Quercus buckleyi FAMILY: Fagaceae
Native: Western US
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Common Name:
Bur Oak, Mossycup Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it in rich bottomland forests, sometimes in drier forests and then usually over limestone or other calcareous rocks
Native: north & west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sawtooth Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Quercus acutissima FAMILY: Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Quercus acutissima FAMILY: Fagaceae
Look for it as a suburban street tree, and also it's widely planted in "wildlife food plots"
Rare
Non-native: Japan
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