Quercus geminata

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

Common name: sand live oak

Description

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

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, Q. geminata has occurred around karst ponds, sand pine scrubs, sand pine-oak scrubs, mixed pine-hardwood forests, live oak woodlands, beach ridges, sand dunes, high river banks, coastal hammocks, an oak hammock adjacent to a marsh, longleaf pine sand ridges, scrub oak dunes,a pine-palmetto hammock in a salt marsh, and open wiregrass-longleaf flatwoods. It has been found in disturbed areas such as planted slash pine stands, shallow disturbed ravines, open pastures, sandy roadsides, and deep sandy soil of a once cultivated field (FSU Herbarium). Soil types include sandy loam, sand and loamy sand (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Pinus palustris, Quercus laevis, Q. incana, Q. virginiana, Q. hemisphaerica, Vaccinium stamineum, V. arboreum, Serenoa repens, Cyrilla racemiflora, Prunus serotina, Prunus umbellata, Diospyros virginiana, Rhus copallina, Rubus cuneifolius, Licania michauxii, and Warea sessilifolia (FSU Herbarium),

Phenology

It has been observed flowering April, September, and October; and fruiting May through November (FSU Herbarium).

References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: Collectors: States and Counties: Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.