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Quercus oglethorpensis | |
Author | W.H.Duncan 1940 Amer. Midl. Naturalist 24: 755 |
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Range | Southwestern
Carolina; Northeastern Georgia; Louisiana; Mississipi; 0-200 m; |
Growth habit | 18-24 m tall;
trunk straight, branches twisted; |
Leaves | 5-13 x 2-4 cm;
deciduous; narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate; apex obtuse, base cuneate;
entire, but sometimes margin wavy or slightly lobed near apex; dark green,
hairless above; light green beneath with yellowish pubescence; midrib
yellow; 3-5 vein pairs; petiole 2-7 mm ; |
Flowers | spring; |
Fruits | acorn 1.6-2
cm long, ovoid; dark brown; sessile or on short peduncle to 7 mm: enclosed
1/3 by cup; cup top-shaped, with appressed scales; maturing in 1 year;
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Bark, twigs and |
bark
light grey, scaly; twigs hairless, purple; buds globose, red brown, 2-2.5
mm long; |
Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy; prefers rich, moist soils; |
Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 276; -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Stellatae; -- Named in 1940 after James Oglethorpe (1695-1785 ), founder of Oglethorpe County in Georgia; -- Threatened (IUCN Red List Category : EN). -- May hybridize with Q.alba; |
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