Quercus chapmanii

Quercus chapmanii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class:	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Species:	Q. chapmanii
Binomial name
Quercus chapmanii Sarg.
Natural range of Quercus chapmanii from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Chapman's oak

Description

A description of Quercus chapmanii is provided in The Flora of North America.

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida, Q. chapmanii has occurred in a scrub thicket between dunes and a sound; sand pine scrubs; island sand ridges; sand barrens; high pine scrubs; ravines along creeks; scrub oak-wiregrass sand ridges; evergreen oak scrubs; live oak hammocks; sand pine/mixed oak scrub; coastal scrubs; dune scrubs; pine flatwoods; pine-scrub oak-palmetto communities; and oak-hickory-magnolia coastal hammocks. It has been observed in disturbed habitats such as along roadsides, a sandhill scrub next to powerlines, and a stand of cleared longleaf pine that is now a thick stand of mixed oaks (FSU Herbarium). Soil types include white sand, loamy sand and sandy loam (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Quercus myrtifolia, Q. incana, Q. laevis, Q. geminata, Q. hemisphaerica, Q. laurifolia, Q. nigra, Q. minima, Ilex glabra, Serenoa repens, Sabal minor, Pinus clausa, Carya, and Vitis rotundifolia (FSU Herbarium).

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Quercus chapmanii at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Andrenidae: Andrena dimorpha

Apidae: Apis mellifera

Colletidae: Colletes brimleyi

Halictidae: Agapostemon splendens, Augochlora pura, Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis metallica, Lasioglossum miniatulus

References and notes

Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.