Quercus laevis

Walter

Fl. Carol., 234. 1788.

Common names: Turkey oak
EndemicIllustrated
Synonyms: Quercus catesbaei Michaux
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Trees or shrubs, deciduous, to 20 m. Bark bluish gray, deeply furrowed, inner bark orangish or reddish. Twigs dark reddish-brown with distinct grayish cast, (1.5-) 2-3.5 (-4) mm diam., sparsely pubescent to almost glabrous. Terminal buds light-brown to reddish-brown, conic or narrowly ovoid-ellipsoid, 5.5-12 mm, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 5-25 mm, glabrous. Leaf-blade circular or broadly ovate-elliptic, widest near or proximal to middle, 100-200 × 80-150 mm, base attenuate to acute, occasionally obtuse or rounded, blade decurrent on petiole, margins with 3-7 (-9) lobes and 7-20 awns, lobes attenuate to falcate, occasionally oblong or distally expanded, apex acute to acuminate; surfaces abaxially occasionally orange-scurfy, usually glabrous except for conspicuous axillary tufts of tomentum, adaxially glabrous, secondary-veins raised on both surfaces. Acorns biennial; cup somewhat goblet-shaped, 9-14 mm high × 16-24 mm wide, covering 1/3 nut, outer surface puberulent, inner surface pubescent, scales occasionally tuberculate, tips loose, especially at margin of cup, acute, margin conspicuously involute; nut ovoid to broadly ellipsoid, 17-28 × 12-18 mm, often faintly striate, glabrate, scar diam. 6-10 mm.


Phenology: Flowering early to mid spring.
Habitat: Dry sandy soils of barrens, sandhills, and well-drained ridges
Elevation: 0-150 m

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Va.

Discussion

Quercus laevis reportedly hybridizes with Q. falcata (= Q. ×blufftonensis Trelease), Q. hemisphaerica, Q. incana, and Q. marilandica (C. S. Sargent 1918); with Q. nigra; and with Q. arkansana, Q. coccinea, Q. myrtifolia, Q. phellos, Q. shumardii, and Q. velutina (D. M. Hunt 1989).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Quercus laevis"
acute +  and acuminate +
Kevin C. Nixon +
Walter +
bluish gray +
attenuate;acute occasionally obtuse or rounded +
decurrent +
2-6-lobed +
distinct +
pistillate +, capitate +  and spicate +
Turkey oak +
connate +  and distinct +
starchy +  and fleshy +
tuberculate +
goblet--shaped +
×16-24 +, 9mm +  and 14mm +
multibracteate +, spiny +  and scaly +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, S.C. +  and Va. +
0-150 m +
pistillate +  and staminate +
biennial +, annual +  and maturation +
1-seeded +  and winged +
in groups +  and enclosed +
Dry sandy soils of barrens, sandhills, and well-drained ridges +
pistillate +, spicate +  and staminate +
reddish +  and orangish +
silky-tomentose +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
proximal +  and middle +
ovate-elliptic +  and circular +
arranged +  and alternate +
3 (?) +  and 7 (?) +
oblong +, attenuate +  and falcate +
expanded +
entire +, dentate +  and serrate +
toothed +  and entire +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br />) +
ovoid +  and broadly ellipsoid +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Flowering early to mid spring. +
Fl. Carol., +
distinct +
few-to-many +
tuberculate +
reduced +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
anastomosing +, branching +  and unbranched +
W1 +, Endemic +  and Illustrated +
inconspicuous +
distinct +
linear-spatulate +
glabrous +  and orange-scurfy +
Quercus catesbaei +
Quercus laevis +
Quercus sect. Lobatae +
species +
light-brown +  and reddish-brown +
ovoid-ellipsoid +  and conic +
0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
bristle-tipped +
dark reddish-brown +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
glabrous +, pubescent to almost +  and pubescent +
shrub +  and tree +