Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Quercus falcata
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 falcata
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-022a:
Quercus falcata var. falcata
FAMILY
Fagaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Quercus falcata var. triloba
COMMON NAME:
Southern Red Oak, Spanish Oak
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm191222_2363_q_falcata
Clay County AL
Cheaha State Park
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_qutr3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0501c_17
January Pickens County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0402d_34
February Greenville County SC
Furman University
Bark grayish to black, roughly ridged and furrowed, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm0504g_32
April Pickens County SC
Roadside
Staminate flowers in clustered, drooping catkins, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm130420_445
April Transylvania County NC
Foothills Trail
Pistillate flowers with 3-lobed stigmas, solitary or in few-flowered spikes, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow s030520_a
May Greenville County SC
Terminal lobe usually longest, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow jkm0506j_37
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow s050620_ab
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
Leaves grayish and densely hairy below, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow jkm0407r_37
July Greenville County SC
Furman University
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_q_falcata_leaves
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_quercus_falcata_bark
September
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JK Marlow jkm0510a_24
October Greenville County SC
North Greenville College
Thin, pubescent, reddish-brown cup usualy covers 1/3 of the rounded nut, per Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America.
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Steve Marlow snm101220_7663
October Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0211h_04
November Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0511d_28
November Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s021116_b
November Anderson County SC
Leaves conspicuously U-shaped at base, terminal lobe frequently strap-shaped, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
COMPARE
leaves of Cherrybark Oak and Southern Red 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) 055-03-022a:
Quercus falcata var. falcata
FAMILY
Fagaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Quercus falcata var. triloba
1184
Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in NC Mountains)
Look for it in upland forests, usually xeric, 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.
...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
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!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p048
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p311
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America p292
- Landscaping with Native Trees p215
- Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America p026
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p169
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p41
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p284
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p23
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p257
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p268