PLANTS Profile for Quercus pumila (running oak)

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Quercus pumila Walter
running oak

Symbol:

QUPU80

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fagaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Quercus pumila Walter

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Distribution:
Quercus pumila Walter


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USA (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC)

Related Taxa:
Quercus pumila Walter

View 6 genera in Fagaceae, 206 species in Quercus

Classification:
Quercus pumila Walter

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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 pumila Walter – running oak

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Quercus pumila Walter

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Low		Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Quercus pumila Walter

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

View species account 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 195183.

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

Time Generated: 09/22/2008 10:54 PM MDT