Quercus margarettae

Quercus margarettae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Fagales
Family:Fagaceae
Genus:Quercus
Subgenus:Quercus subg. Quercus
Section:Quercus sect. Quercus
Species: Q. margarettae
Binomial name
Quercus margarettae
Synonyms[2][3]

Quercus margarettae, the sand post oak or dwarf post oak, is a North American species of oak in the beech family. It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States from Virginia to Florida and west as far as Texas and Oklahoma.[6] There are historical reports of the species growing in New York State, but it has not been seen there in years.[7]

Quercus margarettae is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing up to 12 meters (40 feet) tall. Bark is gray and scaly. Leaves are up to 135 mm (5.4 inches) long, bipinnately lobed with rounded lobes. The plant grows in sandy or gravelly soil.[5][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Quercus margarettae". iucnredlist.org. iucnredlist. 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017. data
  2. ↑ "Quercus margarettae (Ashe) Small". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
  3. ↑ "Quercus margarettiae (Ashe) Small". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  4. ↑ Ashe, William Willard 1894. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 11: 94-95 as Quercus minor var. margaretta
  5. 1 2 Small, John Kunkel (1903). Flora of the Southeastern United States. p. 355 as Quercus margaretta.
  6. ↑ "Quercus margarettae". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  7. 1 2 Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus margarettae". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee. Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 3. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
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