Quercus virginiana
Common name: live oak [1]
| Quercus virginiana | |
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| Photo by John Gwaltney hosted at Southeastern Flora.com | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicots |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Species: | Q. virginiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus virginiana Mill. | |
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| Natural range of Quercus virginiana from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonyms: Q. sempervirens Walter
Varieties: none
Description
Q. virginiana is a perennial tree of the Fagaceae family native to North America. [2]
Distribution
Q. virginiana is found along the southeastern coast of the United States from Texas to Virginia. [2]
Ecology
Habitat
Q. virginiana is locally common to abundant in maritime forests and maritime scrub on barrier islands, more rarely inland (though regularly on the mainland from se. NC south, and extending substantially inland from s. SC south), sometimes in dry, fire-maintained habitats. [1]
Phenology
Q. virginiana flowers in March, April, October, and November. [3]
Fire ecology
Q. virginiana is not fire resistant and has low fire tolerance. [2]
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=QUVI
- ↑ PanFlora Author: Gil Nelson URL: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Date Accessed: 5/29/18
