Quercus pumila

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Quercus pumila
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Quercus
Section: Quercus sect. Lobatae
Species:
Q. pumila
Binomial name
Quercus pumila
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Natural range
Synonyms [2] [3]
List
  • Quercus cinerea var. pumila(Walter) Curtis
  • Quercus phellos var. pumila(Walter) Michx.
  • Cyclobalanopsis sericea(Aiton) Schottky
  • Quercus cinerea var. nanaA.DC.
  • Quercus elliottiiWilbur
  • Quercus phellos var. sericeaAiton
  • Quercus pumila var. sericea(Aiton) Engelm.
  • Quercus sericea(Aiton) Willd.

Quercus pumila, the runner oak [4] or running oak, [5] is a species of oak. It is native to the southeastern United States (Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas). [4] [6]

Quercus pumila is a deciduous shrub usually less than one meter (3 feet 3 inches) tall. The bark is gray or dark brown. The leaves are up to 10 centimetres (4 in) long, with no teeth or lobes, hairless or nearly so on the upper surface, the underside usually with a thick coat of reddish-brown hairs. [4]

This species can be found in habitats such as pine flatwoods, pinelands of various types, and longleaf pine-oak stands. [7] It can also be found in disturbed areas, such as along roadsides. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Wenzell, K.; Kenny, L. (2015). "Quercus pumila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015: e.T194224A2304962. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T194224A2304962.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Quercus pumila Walter
  3. ↑ The Plant List, Quercus pumila Walter
  4. 1 2 3 "Quercus pumila in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  5. ↑ NRCS. "Quercus pumila". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
  7. ↑ Ostertag, T. E., and K. M. Robertson. 2007. A comparison of native versus old-field vegetation in upland pinelands managed with frequent fire, south Georgia, USA, in Masters, R. E. and Galley, K. E. M., Proceedings of the 23rd Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference: Fire in grassland and shrubland ecosystems. Bartlesville, OK. Tall Timbers Research, Inc.,Tallahassee, FL. p. 109-120,
  8. ↑ Moore, William H.; Swindel, Benee F.; Terry, W. Stephen (March 1982). "Vegetative Response to Clearcutting and Chopping in a North Florida Flatwoods Forest". Journal of Range Management. 35 (2): 214. doi:10.2307/3898394.
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