FAGACEAE - - Beech Family

Quercus georgiana M.A. Curtis — Georgia Oak

Georgia Oak (Quercus georgiana) - Shrub, or tree becoming 8 m. tall, the bark brown, scaly; leaf-blades obovate or elliptic in outline, 5—12 cm. long, glabrous, or the vein-axils pubescent beneath, pinnatifid, the lobes triangular or ovate; acorns sessile or short-stalked; cup saucer-shaped, 12—16 mm. wide; nut ovoid or subglobose, 10—14 mm. long. Hybridizes with Q. marilandica = x Q. smallii.

Habitat:

Rock outcrops, dry slopes, ridges, and bluffs, mainly over granite and quartzite. This small tree conspicuously retains tawny dry leaves through the winter, reminiscent of Acer leucoderme, Acer floridanum, and young Fagus grandifolia.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

The range of Quercus georgiana (Georgia Oak)

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].

The Georgia range of Quercus georgiana (Georgia Oak)

Zomlefer, W.B., J.R. Carter, & D.E. Giannasi. 2014 (and ongoing). The Atlas of Georgia Plants. University of Georgia Herbarium (Athens, Georgia) and Valdosta State University Herbarium (Valdosta, Georgia). Available at: http://www.georgiaherbaria.org/.