Quercus margarettae

Quercus margarettae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Section:	Quercus
Species:	Q. margarettae
Binomial name
Quercus margarettae (Ashe) Small 1903
Synonyms[1][2]
List Quercus minor var. margarettiae Ashe 1894 Quercus minor var. margaretta Ashe 1894[3] Quercus margarettiae (Ashe) Small Quercus margaretta (Ashe) Small[4] Quercus stellata subsp. margarettiae (Ashe) A.E. Murray Quercus stellata var. margarettiae (Ashe) Sarg. Quercus margarettae f. intermedia Trel. Quercus margarettae f. peltieri Trel. Quercus margarettae var. stolonifera (Sarg.) Ashe Quercus pandurata Raf. Quercus stellata var. araniosa Sarg. Quercus stellata f. stolonifera Sarg.

Quercus margarettae, the sand post oak or dwarf post oak, is a North American species of oak in the beech family. It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States from Virginia to Florida and west as far as Texas and Oklahoma.^[5] There are historical reports of the species formerly growing in New York State, but it has not been seen there in years.^[6]

Quercus margarettae is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing up to 12 meters (40 feet) tall. Bark is gray and scaly. Leaves are up to 135 mm (5.4 inches) long, bipinnately lobed with rounded lobes. The plant grows in sandy or gravelly soil.^[4][6]

References

1. The Plant List, Quercus margarettae (Ashe) Small
2. Tropicos, Quercus margarettiae (Ashe) Small
3. Ashe, William Willard 1894. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 11: 94-95 as Quercus minor var. margaretta
4. Small, John Kunkel 1903. Flora of the Southeastern United States 355 as Quercus margaretta
5. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
6. Flora of North America, Quercus margarettae (Ashe) J. K. Small

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