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 margarettae
FAMILY
Fagaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus margarettae
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Quercus margarettiae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-003:
Quercus margaretta
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Q. stellata var. margaretta
COMMON NAME:
Sand Post Oak, Scrub Post Oak
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_quercus_margarettae
April Richland County SC
Shrub or small tree, occasionally rhizomatous, slow growing, per Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America.
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1734
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
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JK Marlow jkm161001_109
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm161001_842
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
A peculiar clonal form is seen in frequently burned pinelands, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Will Stuart wil_10484830015
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Lvs rarely > 8cm; larger lateral lobes remotely suggesting cruciform shape, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Will Stuart wil_10484951485
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Their tightly knit bark contrasts with that of the neighboring Turkey Oaks. — Will Stuart