Quercus inopina

Quercus inopina
Apparently Secure
Apparently Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Quercus
Section: Quercus sect. Lobatae
Species:
Q. inopina
Binomial name
Quercus inopina
Ashe 1929
Natural range

Quercus inopina, the sandhill oak, is an uncommon North American species of oak shrub. It has been found only in the state of Florida in the southeastern United States.

It is a branching shrub up to 5 meters (17 feet) in height. The bark is gray, twigs purplish brown. The leaves are broad, up to 85 millimeters (3+3⁄8 inches) long, usually hairless, with no teeth or lobes.

References

  1. ↑ Wenzell, K.; Kenny, L. (2015). "Quercus inopina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Quercus inopina". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  3. ↑ NRCS. "Quercus inopina". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. ↑ Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
  6. ↑ Flora of North America, Quercus inopina Ashe, 1929
  7. ↑ Ashe, William Willard 1929. Rhodora 31(364): 79–80
  8. ↑ Ann F. Johnson and Warren G. Abrahamson 1982. Quercus inopina: A Species to be Recognized from South-Central Florida. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 190:392-395