Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Fagaceae
Quercus marilandica var. marilandica

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Fagaceae
Quercus marilandica var. marilandica

LESS THAN
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Fagaceae
055-03-024
Quercus marilandica

Common Name:
Blackjack Oak

Tree
Perennial
Deciduous
Monoecious

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

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, per Weakley's Flora



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Leaves:
Simple
Alternate

Flower:
Spring

Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Acorn

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p41
Landscaping with Native Trees p220
Trees of the Southeastern US p282
Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p24




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image of Quercus marilandica, image of Quercus marilandica var. marilandica
JK Marlow      jkm0303h_21a


March
Greenville County SC

 

image of Quercus marilandica, image of Quercus marilandica var. marilandica
JK Marlow      jkm0303h_23a


March
Greenville County SC

Oaks tend to have a cluster of buds at the ends of the twigs, per The Tree Identification Book.

 

image of Quercus marilandica, image of Quercus marilandica var. marilandica
JK Marlow      jkm0405x_02


May
Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Leaves widest near the tip, which varies from unlobed to 3-lobed, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.

 

image of Quercus marilandica, image of Quercus marilandica var. marilandica
JK Marlow      jkm0211i_20a


November
Greenville County SC
Roadside

 

image of Quercus marilandica, image of Quercus marilandica var. marilandica
JK Marlow      jkm0411h_06


November
Oconee County SC
Roadside

 

image of Quercus marilandica, image of Quercus marilandica var. marilandica
JK Marlow      jkm061113_002


November
Greenville County SC

 

image of Quercus marilandica, image of Quercus marilandica var. marilandica
JK Marlow      jkm061113_009


November
Greenville County SC

 

image of Quercus marilandica, image of Quercus marilandica var. marilandica
JK Marlow      s041223_a


December
Oconee County SC
Roadside

 

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