Quercus hemisphaerica W.Bartram
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Fagaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Much like no. 16 [Quercus laurifolia Michx.]; twigs grayish; lvs bronzy-red and translucent when young, at maturity typically 3.5–5 × 1–2 cm, seldom larger, sharply acute (and often shortly bristle-pointed) at the tip, obtuse or merely acutish at the base, glabrous, evidently reticulate-veiny with the reticulum more prominent above, persistent and green throughout the winter and into early spring, sometimes some of them with a few teeth; petiole 1–2 mm. Well drained soil in uplands; coastal plain from se. Va. to Fla. and se. Tex.
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Common Names
Darlington oak