Taxon

Quercus oglethorpensis

 
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Quercus oglethorpensis - Oglethorpe oak
Image: Payton, Gregory - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: Oglethorpe oak
Family: Fagaceae (beech family)
Distribution: s.e. United States
IUCN Red list: Endangered
Hardiness: USDA Zone 6
Life form: Deciduous tree
NatureServe Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
IUCN Red List code: EN C2a(i); 28 November 2016
Comments: A medium to large deciduous tree with light gray scaly bark and yellow-green, alternate leathery leaves, elliptic to obovate, smooth on the upper surface and felty on their undersurface. Often the leaves have wavy margins or shallow lobes. Acorns are dull reddish-brown in color with the cup covering one-third to one-half of the acorn. It inhabits poorly drained alluvial sites with other bottomland hardwoods.
Links: • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • IUCN Redlist of Threatened Species • NatureServe Explorer • USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture • World Flora Online

Locations

  • 1: PRE: AL25 (AL25) • Accession: D2013-0583.003 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 2: PRE: AL25 (AL25) • Accession: D2016-0016.005 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 3: PRE: AL26 (AL26) • Accession: D2016-0016.009 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 4: PRE: AL26 (AL26) • Accession: D2016-0016.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 5: PRE: AM25 (AM25) • Accession: D2013-0583.004 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 6: PRE: AM25 (AM25) • Accession: D2013-0583.006 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 7: PRE: AM25 (AM25) • Accession: D2016-0016.012 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 8: PRE: AM25 (AM25) • Accession: D2016-0016.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 9: PRE: AM25 (AM25) • Accession: D2016-0016.006 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 10: PRE: AM26 (AM26) • Accession: D2016-0016.003 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 11: PRE: AM26 (AM26) • Accession: D2016-0016.004 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 12: PRE: AM26 (AM26) • Accession: D2016-0016.010 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 13: PRE: AM26 (AM26) • Accession: D2016-0016.011 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
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