Quercus turbinella

Quercus turbinella Greene (1889)

Infrageneric Classification Subgenus Quercus, section Quercus (the white oaks)

Common Names  California Scrub Oak Pin Oak Scrub Live Oak Scrub Oak

Natural Distribution USA: (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah), MEXICO: (Baja California (Norte), Sonora, Chihuahua)

Synonyms  Quercus subturbinella Trel. (1924)

Quercus douglasii

Quercus douglasii Hook. & Arn. (1840)

Infrageneric Classification Subgenus Quercus, section Quercus (the white oaks)

Common Names Blue Oak Mountain White Oak

Natural Distribution USA: (California)

Synonyms  Quercus ransomii Kellogg (1873)

Quercus jonesii

Quercus jonesii Trel. (1924) as "Q. Jonesi"

Infrageneric Classification Subgenus Quercus, section Lobatae (the red oaks)

Natural Distribution MEXICO: (Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Nuevo León, W Durango, San Luis Potosí, Nayarit, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Aguascalientes) Synonyms Quercus coccolobifolia Trel. (1924) Quercus endlichiana Trel. (1924)

Quercus kelloggii

Quercus shumardii

Quercus laevis

Quercus marilandica

Quercus macrocarpa

Quercus lyrata

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Quercus prinus

Quercus palustris

Quercus alba

Quercus bicolor

 

Quercus delgadoana

Quercus delgadoana. The acorn and leaf are not on same scale.

Name: 
Quercus delgadoana S. Valencia, Nixon & L.M. Kelly (2011)

Classification: 
Subgenus Quercus, section Lobatae (The red Oaks)

Nomenclature Note:  
The plant grown under the name Quercus aff. eugeniifolia has now been described as a new species (Novon June 2011)

Distribution:
MEXICO: (Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz)

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Quercus virginiana

Quercus semecarpifolia

 

Quercus semecarpifolia. Leaf and acorn are not drawn to same scale.

Name:  

Quercus semecarpifolia Sm. (1819)

Nomenclature note: 

Often incorrectly spelled as "semicarpifolia"

Natural Districbution:  

WEST ASIA: AFGHANISTAN, HIMALAYA: PAKISTAN, INDIA: (Himachal Pradesh), NEPAL, BHUTAN, FAR EAST ASIA: CHINA: (S Xizang), SOUTH EAST ASIA: MYANMAR

Synonyms: 

Quercus cassura  Busch-Ham. ex D. Don (1825)

Quercus obtusiloba D.Don (1825)

Reference:

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Quercus falcata

Quercus delicatula

Name: 
Quercus delicatula Chun & Tsiang (1947)

Synonyms: 
Cyclobalanopsis delicatula (Chun & Tsiang) Y.C.Hsu & H.Wei Jen 1979

Local Names: 
shang si qing gang

Range: 
FAR EAST ASIA: CHINA: (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan)

References: 
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Quercus blakei

Quercus blakei

Name: Quercus blakei Skan (1899) Infrageneric Classification: Subgenus Cyclobalanopsis  Natural Distribution: FAR EAST ASIA: CHINA: (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan), SOUTH EAST ASIA: LAOS, VIETNAM Additional information: Oaks of the World

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Quercus marilandica

Name: Quercus marilandica Münchh. (1770)

Common Names:

Barren Oak Black Oak Blackjack Oak Jack Oak

Range: USA: (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia (US), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington DC)

Quercus virginiana

Name: 

 Quercus virginiana Mill. (1768) 

Synonyms: 
Quercus andromeda Riddell 1853
Quercus hemisphaerica hort. ex Endl. 1848
Quercus phellos var. obtusifolia Lam. 1785
Quercus phellos var. sempervirens Marshall 1785
Quercus sempervirens Walt. 1788, (not Mill.)
Quercus virens Ait. 1789
Quercus virginiana var. eximea Sarg. 1918 

Local Names: 

Coast Live Oak

Live Oak

Scrub Live Oak

Southern Live Oak

Spanish Oak

Virginia Live Oak

Range/Natural Distribution:
USA: (Alabama, Florida, Georgia (US), Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)

References: 
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Quercus falcata

Quercus falcata Michx. (1801)

Common Names Red Oak Southern Red Oak Spanish Oak Swamp Red Oak Three-lobed Red Oak Turkey-foot Oak Water Oak

Natural Distribution USA: (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia (US), Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington DC)

Synonyms Quercus cuneata Wangenh. (1787) Quercus digitata Sudw. (1892) Quercus triloba Michx. (1801) Quercus nobilis K. Koch (1873) Quercus hypophlaeos Kirchn. (1864) Reference: Report from The Oak ICRA Checklist

Quercus lyrata

Name: 
Quercus lyrata Walter (1788) 

Synonyms: 
Quercus bicolor var. lyrata (Walt.) Dippel 1891 

Local Names: 
Overcup Oak
Swamp Post Oak
Swamp White Oak
Water White Oak
White Oak 

Range: 

USA: (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia (US), Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oaklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia)

References: 
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Quercus robur

Quercus robur

Quercus pedunculata

English Oak

Pedunculate Oak

French Oak

Quercus prinus

Quercus prinus leaf

Quercus laevis

 Quercus laevis

Quercus rubra

Name: 
Quercus rubra L. (1753)

Synonyms:  
Quercus borealis F. Michx. (1817) 
Quercus rubra var. maxima Marshall (1785) 
Quercus ambigua F. Michx. (1811)

Local Names:
Eastern Red Oak
Northern Red Oak
Red Oak

Range: 

CANADA: (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec), USA: (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia (US), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Washington DC)

References: 
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Quercus glauca

 

Name: 
Quercus glauca Thunb. (1784)

Synonyms:  
Quercus vibrayeana Franch. & Sav. (1878) 
Quercus bambusifolia Fortune (1860) nom. non rite publ. 
Quercus glauca var. micrococca Maxim. 
Quercus glauca var. linearifolia Koidz. (1930) 
Quercus lacera Blume (1851) 
Quercus vaniotii H. Lév. (1913) 
Quercus glauca var. caesia Blume (1851) 
Quercus ichangensis Nakai ex A. Camus (1938) 
Quercus repandifolia J. C. Liao (1968) 
Quercus globosa (T. P. Lin & T. S. Liu) J. C. Liao (1970)

Local Names:
Arakashi
Blue Japanese Oak
Japanese Blue Oak
Ring-cupped Oak

Range: 
WEST ASIA: AFGHANISTAN, HIMALAYA: INDIA: (Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim), NEPAL, BHUTAN, FAR EAST ASIA: CHINA: (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, W Sichuan, Taiwan, E Xizang, W to SW Yunnan, Zhejiang), KOREA, JAPAN: (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Ryukyu)

References: 
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Weekend Oak Feature: Blackjack Oak

 

Quercus costaricensis

Name: 
Quercus costaricensis Liebm. (1854)

Synonyms: 
Quercus costaricensis f. kuntzei Trel. 1924
Quercus endresi Trel. 1924
Quercus irazuensis Kuntze 1891    (A. Camus : 319)

Local Names: 
Encino, Roble Encino;

Range: 
CENTRAL AMERICA: Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama

References: 
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Quercus laevis

Name: 
Quercus laevis Walter (1788)

Synonyms: 
Quercus catesbaei Michx. (1801)

Local Names: 

American Turkey Oak

Barren Scrub Oak

Catesby's Oak

Scrub Oak

Turkey Oak

Turkey-foot Oak

Range: 
USA: (Alabama, Florida, Georgia (US), Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)

References: 
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Quercus jinpinensis

Name: 
Quercus jinpinensis (Y. C. Hsu & H. Wei Jen) C. C. Huang (1992)

Synonyms: 
Cyclobalanopsis jinpinensis Y.C.Hsu & H.Wei Jen 1976 

Local Names: 
jin ping qing gang

Range: 
CHINA: (SE Yunnan)

References: 
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Quercus libani

Name: 
Quercus libani  G. Olivier (1801) 


Synonyms: 
Quercus carduchorum K.Koch 1849
Quercus serratifolia Benth. ex Petzh. & Kirchn. 1864
Quercus squarrosa Kotschy ex A.DC 1864
Quercus tchihatchewii Kotschy 1860

Local Names: 
Lebanon Oak
Mount Lebanon Oak

Range: 
WEST ASIA: W Iran, NW Iraq, N Israel, N & W Syria, Turkey: (E Anatolia)

References: 
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Post Oak (Quercus stellata). Colored pigment ink on 9"x12" Bristol Board

Quercus gambelii

Name: 
Quercus gambelii Nutt. (1847)

Synonyms: 

Quercus albifolia C. H. Mull. (1942)

Quercus stellata var. utahensis A. DC. (1864)

Quercus gunnisonii Rydb. (1901)

Quercus submollis Rydb. (1901)

Quercus gambelii var. gunnisonii (Torr. & A. Gray) Wenz. (1884)

Quercus utahensis (A. DC.) Rydb. (1901)

Local Names: 
Gambel's Oak
Rocky Mountain White Oak
Shin Oak
Utah White Oak

Range: 
USA: (Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), MEXICO: (Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila)

References: 
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Quercus virginiana

Name: 
 Quercus virginiana Mill. (1768)

Synonyms: 
Quercus andromeda Riddell 1853
Quercus hemisphaerica hort. ex Endl. 1848
Quercus phellos var. obtusifolia Lam. 1785
Quercus phellos var. sempervirens Marshall 1785
Quercus sempervirens Walt. 1788, (not Mill.)
Quercus virens Ait. 1789
Quercus virginiana var. eximea Sarg. 1918

Local Names: 

Coast Live Oak

Live Oak

Scrub Live Oak

Southern Live Oak

Spanish Oak

Virginia Live Oak

Range/Natural Distribution:
USA: (Alabama, Florida, Georgia (US), Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)

References: 
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Quercus macrocarpa

Name: 
 Quercus macrocarpa Michx. (1801)

Synonyms: 

Quercus macrocarpa 'Oliviformis Hampteri' H. Jäger (1889)

Quercus macrocarpa 'Pannosa' H. Jäger (1889)

Quercus macrocarpa var. oliviformis (F.Michx.) A.Gray 1856
Quercus macrocarpa subsp oliviformis (F.Michx.) A.Camus 1935
Quercus macrophylla hort. not Née
Quercus oliviformis F.Michx. 1811
Quercus ramosa Booth

Local Names: 

Blue Oak

Bur Oak

Mossy Overcup Oak

Mossy-cupped Oak

Mossy-cupped White Oak

Prairie Oak

Range/Natural Distribution:
CANADA: (Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebeck, Saskatchewan), USA: (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming)

References: 
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Quercus acutissima

Name: 
Quercus acutissima Carruth. (1862)

Synonyms: 
Quercus acutissima var. depressinucata H. Wei Jen & R.Q.Gao 1984
Quercus acutissima var. septentrionalis Liou 1936
Quercus acutissima var. lioui Kozlov 1933
Quercus bombyx K.Koch 1873
Quercus castaneifolia Morrison
Quercus lunglingensis Hu 1951
Quercus serrata S. & Z. 1846 not Thunb. nor Carruthers
Quercus uchiyamana Nakai 1914

Local Names: 

Bristle Oak

Japanese Silkworm Oak

Kunugi

Sawthorn Oak

Sawtooth Oak

Silkworm Oak

ma li

Range: 

HIMALAYA: INDIA: (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim), NEPAL, BHUTAN, FAR EAST ASIA: CHINA: (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, SE Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang), KOREA, JAPAN: (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), SOUTH EAST ASIA: N MYANMAR, LAOS

References: 
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Weekend Oak Feature: Willow Oak

 

Autumn Willow Oak. Colored pigment ink on 9"x12" Bristol Board

Quercus lyrata

Name: 
Quercus lyrata Walter (1788)

Synonyms: 
Quercus bicolor var. lyrata (Walt.) Dippel 1891

Local Names: 
Overcup Oak
Swamp Post Oak
Swamp White Oak
Water White Oak
White Oak

Range: 

USA: (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia (US), Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oaklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia)

References: 
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Quercus coccifera

Name: 
Quercus coccifera L. (1753) 

Synonyms: 
Quercus angustifolia (Laguna) Gonzalez-Albo 1936, not Sessé & Moç. 1894
Quercus arcuata Kotschy ex A.DC 1864
Quercus aucheri auctores, not Jaub. & Spach
Quercus brachybalanos Kotschy 1864
Quercus coccifera Tchich. 1860
Quercus coccifera subsp pseudococcifera (Desf.) Arcangeli 1882
Quercus inops Kotschy 1853
Quercus kermesiana hort.
Quercus kryptocarpa Svent. & Marcet
Quercus mesto Boiss.1842
Quercus pseudococcifera Desf.1799

Local Names: 
Grain Oak
Kermes Oak

Range/Natural Distribution:
NORTH AFRICA: N Algeria , Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, EUROPE: Albania, Balearic Isles, Bosnia & Herzegovena, Bulgaria, France, Greece: (+Aegean Isles including Chios, Crete, Icaria, Karpathos, Rhodes), Italy, Macedonia, Portugal, Sardegna, Serbia, Sicilia, Spain, WEST ASIA: Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey: (European & W & S Anatolia)

References: 
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Quercus suber

Name: 
 Quercus suber L. (1753)

Synonyms: 
Quercus bivonana Guss. 1844
Quercus occidentalis J.Gay 1856
Quercus suber var. occidentalis (J.Gay) Laguna 1883
Quercus suber subsp occidentalis (J.Gay) A.Camus 1938
Quercus subera St-Lag. 1880
Quercus suber var. crinita Pers. 1807

Local Names: 
Cork Oak

Range: 
NORTH AFRICA: N Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, EUROPE: Corsica, France, SE Italy, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain

References: 
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Quercus suber tree image from UBC Botanical Garden

Quercus kelloggii

Name: 
 Quercus kelloggii Newb. (1857)

Synonyms: 
Quercus californica (Torr.) Cooper 1858
Quercus sonomensis Benth. ex A.DC 1864
Quercus tinctoria W. Bartram var. californica Torr. 1857

Local Names: 
California black oak

Range: 
USA: (California, SW Oregon)

References: 
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Weekend Oak Feature: Black Oak

Black Oak. Colored pigment ink on 9"x12" Bristol Board

 

Quercus litseoides

Name: 
Quercus litseoides Dunn (1909)

Synonyms: 
Cyclobalanopsis litseoides (Dunn) Schottky 1912

Local Names: 
mu jiang ye quig gang

Range: 
FAR EAST ASIA: CHINA: (SE Guangdong, SW Guangxi)

References: 
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Quercus sessilifolia

Name:
Quercus sessilifolia Blume 1850

Synonyms: 
Cyclobalanopsis sessilifolia (Bl.) Schottky 1912
Cyclobalanopsis nubium (Hand.-Mazz.) Chun ex Zheng 1982
Cyclobalanopsis paucidentata (Franch. ex Nak.) Kudo & Masamune 1930

Quercus paucidentata Franch. ex Nakai (1926)

Quercus nubium Hand.-Mazz. (1922)

Quercus chingii F. P. Metcalf (1931)

Local Names: 
yun shan qing gang
Tsukubane-gashi

Range: 
FAR EAST ASIA: CHINA: (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang), JAPAN: (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)

References: 
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Quercus petraea

Name: 
Quercus petraea (Matt.)Liebl. 1784

Synonyms:
petioleata Schur 1857
petraea var. laciniata (Lam.) C.Vicioso 1950
regalis Burnett ex Endl. 1848
robur var. laciniata Lam. 1785
robur var. platyphylla Lam. 1785
robur
sessilis Ehrh. ex Shur 1857
sphaerocarpa Vuk. in Schlosser 1876
sublobata Kitoibel 1814

Local Names: 
Sessile Oak
Durmast Oak



Range: 

EUROPE: S ALBANIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVENIA, BRITAIN, BULGARIA, CORSICA, CROATIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, ESTONIA, FRANCE, GERMANY, HUNGARY, IRELAND, ITALY, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, MACEDONIA, MOLDOVA, MONTENEGRO, THE NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, POLAND, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SERBIA, SICILIA, SLOVENIA, SLOVAKIA, C SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, WEST ASIA: ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, GEORGIA (Asia), N IRAN, LEBANON, SYRIA, TURKEY: (European & NW Anatolia), UKRAINE

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Quercus turbinella

 
Name:
Quercus turbinella Greene 1889


Synonyms: 
Quercus dumosa var. turbinella (Greene) Jepson 1895
Quercus dumosa subsp turbinella (Greene) E.Murray 1983
Quercus subturbinella Trel. 1924 (Camus = n° 182)

Local Names: 
shrub live oak
turbinella oak
Sonorian scrub oak
California scrub oak

Range: 
USA: (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah), MEXICO: (Baja California (Norte), Sonora, Chihuahua)


References: 
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Image: Acorn and leaves
Image: Catkins (Male flowers)