| Quercus pumila | |
| Author | Walt. 1788 Fl. Carol. 234 |
| Synonyms | cinerea var. nana A.DC 1864 cinerea var. pumila (Walt.) M.A.Curtis 1860 elliottii Wilbur 2002 humilis Walt. 1788 phellos var. pumila (Walt.) Michx. 1803 phellos var. sericea Aiton 1789 pumila var. sericea (Ait.) Engelm. 1876 sericea Willd. 1805 |
| Local names | runner
oak ; running oak ; |
| Range | SE USA; Florida;
Louisiana; E Texas; 0-100 m; |
| Growth habit | seldom exceeding
1 m (may reach 1.8 m); bushy, spreading around with underground runners;
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| Leaves | 2.5-10 x 0.5-3
cm; deciduous; oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic; apex pointed often ending
in small tooth; base rounded or slightly acute; margin entire, often rolled
under; shiny dark green, hairless, convex above; grey brown, densely pubescent
beneath, seldom glabrescent; pétiole hairy, 2-5 mm long; |
| Flowers | |
| Fruits | acorn 1.2-2
cm; subglobose; striate; enclosed 1/3 by top-shaped cup; cup with appressed,
greyish pubescent scales; maturing in 1 year; |
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Bark, twigs and |
twigs
greyish tomentose; buds obtuse, chesnut-brown, 3 mm long; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | not
hardy; prefers dry, sandy soils; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 411; -- Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, sub-section Phellos; -- The name Q.elliottii has been given to Q.pumila by Wilbur in 2002 under the pretext that the latin diagnosis made by Walter in 1788 was not complete, but the neotype choosen by Wilbur is actually a hybrid between Q.falcata and Q.phellos... |
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