Quercus similis Ashe

Swamp post oak (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Quercus

Characteristics

Trees , deciduous, to 25 m, with single straight trunk. Bark brown, scaly. Twigs grayish, 2-3 mm diam., persistently tomentulose. Buds brown, ovoid, 2-3 mm, apex acute or rounded, proximally pubescent. Leaves: petiole 3-10 mm. Leaf blade obovate or narrowly obovate, (50-)75-120(-150) × 50-65(-80) mm, base rounded-attenuate or acute, margins flat, shallowly 2-3-lobed on each side, lobes usually simple, oblong or rounded, rarely spatulate, not cruciform, secondary veins 3-5 on each side, apex broadly ovate or acute; surfaces abaxially grayish, sparsely glandular and sparsely appressed-stellate, adaxially dark green, glossy, sparsely stellate. Acorns 1-3, subsessile; cup 6-7 mm deep × 10-13 mm wide, scales closely appressed, grayish, finely tomentulose; nut light brown or dark reddish brown, ovoid or oblong, 12-16 × 8-12 mm, puberulent or glabrate. Cotyledons distinct.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 17.5 - 25.0
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Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-9

Usage

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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 120 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
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Images

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Distribution

Quercus similis world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Georgia, and United States of America

Conservation status

Quercus similis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:297812-2
WFO ID wfo-0000293296
COL ID 4R64S
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Quercus similis Quercus ashei Quercus mississippiensis Quercus margarettae var. paludosa Quercus stellata var. attenuata Quercus stellata var. mississippiensis Quercus stellata subsp. paludosa Quercus stellata var. paludosa Quercus stellata var. similis