| Quercus hemisphaerica | |
| Author | W.Bartram ex Willd. 1805 Sp. Pl. 4: 443 |
| Synonyms | hemisphaerica var. maritima (Michx.) C.H.Mull.
1961 laurifolia subsp maritima (Michx) E.Murray 1983 laurifolia var. maritima (Michx.) E.Murray 1983 maritima (Michx) Willd. 1805 phellos var. maritima Michx 1801 |
| Local names | Darlington’s
oak ; laurel oak |
| Range | Eastern USA
to Texas; in Coastal Plain; 0 to 150 m; |
| Growth habit | 25 m tall; crown
rounded; |
| Leaves | 3-12 x 1-4 cm;
evergreen or tardily deciduous (February or later); narrowly elliptic
or oblanceolate; thick; apex pointed, base rounded; both sides green,
glabrous and shiny; margin entire not revolute, with sometimes a few teeth
or lobes near apex; petiole 6 mm long, dull yellow; |
| Flowers | spring; appear
15 days later than in the closely related Q.laurifolia
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| Fruits | acorn 9-16 mm
long, ovoid or subglobose; sessile; cup covering 1/4 to 1/3 of nut, sometimes
turbinate, hairy inside; |
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Bark, twigs and |
twigs
grey brown, hairless, with small lenticels; bud red brown, shiny, hairless,
3 mm long; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy;
prefers light, well drained soils; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 409; -- Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, subsection Phellos; -- For a long time confused with Q.laurifolia ("swamp laurel oak", "diamondleaf oak") ; -- Numerous hybrids (among them : Q.x sublaurifolia with Q.incana, Q.x mellichampi with Q.laevis) |
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