1194

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC -

Rare south of VA

Look for it in swamps & bottomlands, esp the broader swamps developed in the sedimentary rocks of Triassic basins of lower Piedmont, isolated upland sag ponds, also widely planted as a street tree in towns & cities, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet ...Moist

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:
Fall
Acorn

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Gardening with Native Plants of the South p049
• Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p311
• Landscaping with Native Trees p213,216
• Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America p078
• Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p189
• Trees of the Southeastern United States p287
• Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p23
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p278

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Quercus palustris   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus palustris   FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-017:
Quercus palustris   FAMILY Fagaceae