Quercus pumila Walter

01465731
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PLANTS OF THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN HAMPTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, U.S.A.
QUERCUS elliottU Wilbur iœd.
Fagaceae	det. R.L. Wilbur XII.2000
Low shrubs, scarcely ever over lm tall, frequently much-branched with spreading branches; some plants relatively easily unearthed with rootstocks, otherwise solidly seated in loamy sand; leaves variably shiny dark green, rugose above, abundantly short-pubescent below, the older leaves with a "dirtier" look on lower surface; acorns variable, the largest (=most well-developed?) gun-metal blue to blackish, and scurfy; acorns fairly hard to find, as many have already fallen; locally abundant with Pinus palustris, Quercus marilandica, Q. virginiana, Rhus copallina, Lyonia mariana, Gaylussacia frondosa, Salvia azurea, Aster walteri, A. concolor, A. tortifolius, Solidago odora, Aristida stricta, Andropogon ternarius, Schizachyrium scoparium, pine savanna along NW margin of Piggys Road, 1 mi W of main office at James W. Webb Wildlife Center, 4.2 mi W of Garnett off Sec Hwy 20; 32.6216°N 81.3213°W, 54' elev.
John B. Nelson 21668	13 X 2000
with Judd Wood
A. C. MOORE HERBARIUM (USCH) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
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