PLANTS Profile for Quercus falcata (southern red oak)

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Quercus falcata Michx.
southern red oak

Symbol:

QUFA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fagaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Quercus falcata Michx.

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Synonyms:
Quercus falcata Michx.

	QUFAT	Quercus falcata Michx. var. triloba (Michx.) Nutt.
	QUTR3	Quercus triloba Michx.

Distribution:
Quercus falcata Michx.


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USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Quercus falcata Michx.

View 6 genera in Fagaceae, 206 species in Quercus

Classification:
Quercus falcata Michx.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Hamamelididae
Order	Fagales
Family	Fagaceae – Beech family
Genus	Quercus L. – oak
Species	Quercus falcata Michx. – southern red oak

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Quercus falcata Michx.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Ohio:
Spanish oak		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
southern red oak		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Quercus falcata Michx.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU-,FACU

FACU-

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Quercus falcata Michx.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19277.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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Quercus falcata Michx.

Silvics of North America

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 02:14 AM MDT