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Quercus stellata, the post oak or iron oak, is a North American species of oak in the white oak section. It is a slow-growing oak that lives in dry areas on the edges of fields, tops of ridges, and also grows in poor soils, and is resistant to rot, fire, and drought. Interbreeding occurs among white oaks, thus many hybrid species combinations ...
Quercus stellata var. margaretiae (Ashe) Sarg. Quercus margarettae (spelling variants include Quercus margaretta , Quercus margarettiae , and Quercus margaretiae ), the sand post oak or dwarf post oak , is a North American species of oak in the beech family .
Quercus minima (Sarg.) Small – dwarf live oak – # southeastern North America; Quercus oleoides Schltdl. & Cham. – # from Costa Rica into Mexico; Quercus sagrana (also spelt Q. sagraeana) – Cuban oak – # western Cuba; Quercus virginiana Mill. – southern live oak – # southeastern North America
Sternberg also likes pin oak (Quercus palustris) and nuttall oak (Quercus nuttallii/aka Quercus texana) for seasonally wet areas. Pin oak grows 70-80 feet tall, 25-40 feet wide, and is hardy in ...
In the 1700s, a young botanist scandalized some by discussing “birds and bees” of pollination, and awarding Latin names to plants and animals.
Quercus similis, the swamp post oak or bottomland post oak, is an oak species native to the southeastern and south-central United States. The greatest concentration of populations is in Louisiana and Arkansas, Mississippi, and eastern Texas, with isolated population in Missouri, Alabama, and the Coastal Plain of Georgia and South Carolina.
Quercus marilandica (Blackjack oak) (common at Soldiers Delight) Quercus stellata (Post oak) (common at Soldiers Delight) Quercus velutina (Black oak) Pinus virginiana (Virginia pine) (abundant at Soldiers Delight) Carpinus caroliniana (American hornbeam) (in lowland woods) Prunus serotina (Wild cherry) Betula lenta (Sweet birch) Nyssa sylvatica (Black gum) Celastrus orbiculatus (Oriental ...
The post oak-blackjack oak barrens is an extremely small and restricted ecoregion only found on Staten Island. It is part of the North Atlantic Coast ecoregion and is characterized by its abundance of blackjack oak ( Quercus marilandica ) and post oak ( Quercus stellata ).