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 (4/14/23):
Quercus pagoda
FAMILY
Fagaceae
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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.
The leaves of Cherrybark or Swamp Spanish Oak have a prominent wedge at their base. The name Cherrybark comes from the way the bark of mature trees can resemble that if a black cherry. Read more at Southern Piedmont Natural History.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus pagoda
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-022b:
Quercus falcata var. pagodaefolia FAMILY Fagaceae
COMMON NAME:
Cherrybark Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Quercus pagoda
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus pagoda
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-022b:
Quercus falcata var. pagodaefolia
FAMILY
Fagaceae
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