Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Quercus oglethorpensis
FAMILY
Fagaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read Edible Wild Plants: Oak from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus oglethorpensis
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-012:
Quercus oglethorpensis
FAMILY
Fagaceae
COMMON NAME:
Oglethorpe Oak
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_q_oglethorpensis_1
April
Bark gray, scaly, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Quercus oglethorpensis
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus oglethorpensis
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 055-03-012:
Quercus oglethorpensis
FAMILY
Fagaceae
2579
Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Rare
Look for it in bottomland forests, upland oak flats over clays (Iredell and Enon soils), per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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:
Summer/Fall
Acorn
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America p074
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p187
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p250
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p276