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.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
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) 055-03-027:
Quercus imbricaria
FAMILY
Fagaceae
COMMON NAME:
Shingle Oak
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July Jackson County NC
Western Carolina University
Leaves unlobed, with a densely pubescent underside, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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August Floyd County GA
Berry College
Acorn cup covering 1/3-1/2 of nut [those pictured are not mature], per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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August Floyd County GA
Berry College
Bark gray to blackish, roughly ridged and furrowed, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.