Quercus inopina, the sandhill oak,[2] is an uncommon North American species of oak shrub. It has been found only in the state of Florida in the southeastern United States.[3][4]

Quercus inopina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Quercus
Section: Quercus sect. Lobatae
Species:
Q. inopina
Binomial name
Quercus inopina
Ashe 1929
Natural range

It is a branching shrub up to 5 meters (17 feet) in height. The bark is gray, twigs purplish brown. The leaves are broad, up to 85 millimeters (3+38 inches) long, usually hairless, with no teeth or lobes.[5][6][7]

References edit

  1. ^ Wenzell , K.; Kenny , L. (2015). "Quercus inopina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Quercus inopina". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ^ Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
  5. ^ Flora of North America, Quercus inopina Ashe, 1929
  6. ^ Ashe, William Willard 1929. Rhodora 31(364): 79–80
  7. ^ Ann F. Johnson and Warren G. Abrahamson 1982. Quercus inopina: A Species to be Recognized from South-Central Florida. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 190:392-395

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