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Read Edible Wild Plants: Oak from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
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
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 055-03-003:
Quercus margaretta
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Quercus margarettiae
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