Quercus sinuata var. sinuata

EndemicIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Trees, to 15 (-20) m, with solitary trunks. Leaves: petiole (2-) 3-5 (-8) mm. Leaf-blade 50-120 (-140) × (20-) 25-60 mm. Acorns: cup very shallowly saucer-shaped and flat abaxially and adaxially to shallowly cup-shaped with constricted bases, 2-5 mm deep × (9-)10-15(-20) mm wide, enclosing 1/4 nut or less; nut subrotund to ovoid or elliptic, 12-15 (-18) × 8-12 (-17) mm.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Low wet areas, hummocks, riparian and limestone bluffs and prairies
Elevation: 0-400 m

Distribution

Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
on axillary peduncle +  and subsessile +
paired +  and solitary +
3-lobed +, narrowed +  and rounded +
Kevin C. Nixon +
Walter +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
gray;light-brown +
exfoliating +
obtuse;attenuate-rounded;obtuse;attenuate-rounded;cuneate;acute +
reddish-brown +  and brown +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
2-6-lobed +
pistillate +, capitate +  and spicate +
starchy +  and fleshy +
with bases +  and keeled +
multibracteate +, spiny +  and scaly +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, S.C. +  and Tex. +
0-400 m +
pistillate +  and staminate +
biennial +, annual +  and maturation +
1-seeded +  and winged +
in groups +  and enclosed +
Low wet areas, hummocks, riparian and limestone bluffs and prairies +
scattered +  and crowded +
appressed-stellate +
minute +
pistillate +, spicate +  and staminate +
tomentulose +  and glabrate +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
oblong +  and oblanceolate or narrowly rhomboid or cuneiform or rounded-3-dentate +
arranged +  and alternate +
entire +, dentate +  and serrate +
lobed +, moderately +, entire +  and irregularly toothed +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
light-brown +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
subrotund +  and ovoid or elliptic +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Flowering spring. +
Fl. Carol., +
connate +  and distinct +
few-to-many +
reduced +
anastomosing +, branching +  and unbranched +
Endemic +  and Illustrated +
inconspicuous +
distinct +
subulate +  and dilated +
enlarged +
green +, dull +  and silvery +
glabrous +  and glabrate +
Quercus durandii +
Quercus sinuata var. sinuata +
Quercus sinuata +
variety +
spheric +  and ovoid terete or angled +
bristle-tipped +
gray +  and light gray +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
1,500 cm15,000 mm <br />15 m <br /> (2,000 cm20,000 mm <br />20 m <br />) +