Quercus stellata - (image 1 of 3)
Taxonomy
Family: Fagaceae
Habitat
Dry upland woods and barrens.
Associates
Distribution
Southwest MA and southern NY west to OH, IN and southern IA, south to FL and TX.
Morphology
Small to large deciduous tree. Twigs and petioles pubescent. Leaves obovate or cruciform, to 15 cm long and 10 cm wide, pubescent on both sides with erect, few-branched hairs, those of the upper surface often deciduous; lobes few, rounded, the main pair of lateral lobes often constricted at the base and truncate to retuse at the summit. Acorns 1-1.5 cm, more or less sessile; cup hemispheric or pyriform, covering half the ovoid nut.
Notes
Flowers mid April to early June
Wetland indicator: FACU
Photographed in the pine barrens of NJ.
References
Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York
Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY
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