NameThatPlant.net: Quercus texana

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fagales
Genus: Quercus Subgenus: Quercus Section: Lobatae (red oaks)

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Quercus texana FAMILY Fagaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read Edible Wild Plants: Oak from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus texana FAMILY Fagaceae

COMMON NAME:
Nuttall Oak, Texas Red Oak

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Quercus texana FAMILY Fagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Quercus texana FAMILY Fagaceae

3746

Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Bottomland hardwood forests, hardwood flatwoods, swamps, also now widely planted well east of its native distribution, per Weakley's Flora

Native west of the Carolinas & Georgia

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate, 5-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring
Staminate calyx 2-8 lobed, pistillate calyx 6-lobed
Petals absent
3-12 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Acorn

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