Taxonomy
Family: Fagaceae
Habitat
Rocky or sandy soils of upland forests and barrens.
Associates
Distribution
Southern ME to central NY, OH, WV, and NC.
Morphology
Shrub or small deciduous tree to 5 m. Twigs sparsely pubescent or glabrous. Leaves oblong to oblong-obovate, 5-10 cm long and about half as wide, usually with 5 short and broadly triangular bristle-tipped lobes, finely gray tomentulose below, petioles 1-3 cm; acorns ovoid, to 2 cm, the cup turbinate or sacuer-shaped, covering a third to half the nut, scales few and large, closely appressed.
Notes
Flowers mid April to early June
Wetland indicator: NA
Also called scrub oak. Can hybridize with Q. marilandica. Photographed in the pine barrens of NJ.
References
Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York
Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY
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