Quercus oglethorpensis

Quercus oglethorpensis (also called Oglethorpe oak) is a species of plant in the beech family. It is endemic to the United States. It is named for Oglethorpe County, Georgia, where it was first discovered.[2] The county, in turn, is named for James Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia Colony in the 18th century.[3]

Quercus oglethorpensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Quercus
Section: Quercus sect. Quercus
Species:
Q. oglethorpensis
Binomial name
Quercus oglethorpensis
Natural range of Quercus oglethorpensis

Description

Quercus oglethorpensis is a tree growing to approximately 25 meters (83 feet) in height, with a diameter at breast height of about 80 cm (31 inches). Bark is white or pale gray. Leaves are narrowly elliptical, up to 15 cm (6 inches) long, usually flat rather than cupped, usually with no lobes.[4][5]

  • Mature tree
  • In cultivation

Distribution

Quercus oglethorpensis is endemic to the southeastern United States, found only in the Piedmont of Georgia and South Carolina, and in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.[1][2][4][6]

Diseases

This species is commonly affected by chestnut blight.[2][4]

References
  1. Beckman, E. (2017). "Quercus oglethorpensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T30956A2798949. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T30956A2798949.en.
  2. Brown, Claud L.; L. Katherine Kirkman (1990). Trees of Georgia and Adjacent States. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 110. ISBN 0-88192-148-3.
  3. New Georgia Encyclopedia
  4. Duncan, Wilbur H.; Marion B. Duncan (1988). Trees of the Southeastern United States. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. pp. 250. ISBN 0-8203-1469-2.
  5. Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus oglethorpensis". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 3. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  6. "Quercus oglethorpensis". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
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