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 elliottii
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (APPARENTLY MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus pumila
FAMILY
Fagaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (APPARENTLY MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 055-03-029:
Quercus pumila
FAMILY
Fagaceae
COMMON NAME:
Running Oak
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_qupu80_003_lvd
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April Coffee County GA
Broxton Rocks Preserve
Leaves pale green, lustrous above; margins slightly revolute and thickened, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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October Dorchester County SC
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October Dorchester County SC
A small shrub which often holds its leaves during winter, per Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America.
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October Dorchester County SC
Leaves usually unlobed, awned at tip, grayish and pubescent on undersurface, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.