Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read Edible Wild Plants: Oak from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
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) 055-03-023:
Quercus ilicifolia
FAMILY
Fagaceae
COMMON NAME:
Bear Oak, Scrub Oak
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_quil_001_lvd
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Ron Lance rwl_qilicifolia
August
In cultivation
Leaves grayish and hairy below; lobes rather shallow, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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Ron Lance rwl_qilicifolia2
August
In cultivation
Acorn cup covering 1/4 to almost 1/2 of nut, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm090924_067
September Hancock County ME
Acadia National Park: Wild Gardens of Acadia