Quercus coccinea Münchh.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Hausvater 5:254. 1770

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Classification

kingdom
Plantae: phylum
Tracheophyta: class
Magnoliopsida: order
Fagales: family
Fagaceae: genus
Quercus: species
Quercus coccinea

Distribution

Pine/scrub oak sandhills (PSOS-MT).

Notes

Infrequent. Apr; Sep–Nov (of second year). Thornhill 1543 (NCSC). [= RAB, FNA, Weakley]

habitat

Common in well-drained, sandy or gravelly soils, often on upland sites.

look_alikes

Many species in the red oak group have highly variable, lobed leaves with bristle tips. Quercus rubra has shallowly lobed leaves with a somewhat dull upper surface and a very shallow saucer-shaped acorn cup that covers only the base of the nut. Quercus velutina has leaves with depressions reaching half way to the midvein, inner bark that is bright yellow to orange, and fringed acorn cups that fit loosely and cover one-third to half the nut. The leaves of Quercus shumardii have depressions reaching three-quarters the distance to the midvein, the tufts of hairs at the leaf axils are very prominent, the buds are grayish to yellow, and the acorn cup is saucer-shaped and covers one-third of the nut. Quercus palustris has leaves with U-shaped depressions reaching three-quarters the distance to the midvein, dead branches remaining on the trunk, and a shallow acorn cup covering the base of the small nut. Quercus ellipsoidalis has leaves with depressions reaching three-quarters the distance to the midvein, dead branches remaining on the trunk, and an acorn cup enclosing up to half of the often elliptic nut.

[From vPlants.org, accessed 19 December 2010]

reproduction

Flowers mid-April to early June.

Name

Synonyms: Quercus acuta Raf.; Quercus coccinea var. coccinea; Quercus coccinea var. cucullata G.Kirchn.; Quercus coccinea var. pendula G.Kirchn.; Quercus coccinea var. rugelii A.DC.; Quercus coccinea var. tuberculata Sarg.; Quercus coccinea var. undulata G.Kirchn.; Quercus palustris Regel; Quercus palustris Regel ex A.DC.; Quercus palustris publ; Quercus rubra var. coccinea (Münchh.) Aiton
Homonyms: Quercus coccinea Wangenh.; Quercus coccinea Münchh.
Common names: Carvalho in Portuguese; Carvalho-americano in Portuguese; Carvalho-vermelho in Portuguese; Scharlach-Eiche in German; scarlet oak in English; scarlet oak in English; scharlakansek in Swedish; Scarlet Oak in English

Bibliographic References

ALDRICH, P.R.,Parker, G.R.,ROMERO-SEVERSON, J.,MICHLER, C.H. (2003) Whole-tree silvic identifications and the microsatellite genetic structure of a red oak species complex in an Indiana old-growth forest http://quercus.myspecies.info/node/46
DUMOLIN-LAP,GRIVET, D.,DEGUILLOUX, M.-F.,GIELLY, L.,Petit, R.J. (2003) A set of primers for the amplification of chloroplast microsatellites in Quercus http://quercus.myspecies.info/node/45
Kashani, N.,Dodd, R.S. (2003) Molecular differentiation and diversity among the California red oaks (Fagaceae; Quercus section Lobatae) http://quercus.myspecies.info/node/44
Kimura, M.T.,Ishida, T.A.,Sato, H.,Hattori, K. (2003) Differentiation and hybridization between Quercus crispula and Q. dentata (Fagaceae): insights from morphological traits, amplified fragment length polymorphism markers, and leafminer composition http://quercus.myspecies.info/node/42
Lesur, I.,Popescu, F.,Petit, R.J.,Brewer, S.,K,Csaikl, U.M.,Bord,G,Borovics, A.,Slade, D.,Burg, K. (2002) Chloroplast DNA variation of white oaks in the northern Balkans and in the Carpathian Basin http://quercus.myspecies.info/node/47
Marquis, R.-J.,Hochwender, C.-G.,Sork, V.-L. (2003) Fitness consequences of herbivory on Quercus alba http://quercus.myspecies.info/node/43