Characteristics
Dicots
Quercus falcata Michx.
SPANISH OAK; SOUTHERN RED OAK
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Native FACU (NWPL)
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Classification
FAGALES
Quercus falcata Michx. - SPANISH OAK; SOUTHERN RED OAK
Citation
QUERCUS FALCATA Michaux, Hist. Chênes Amér. no. 16, t. 28. 1801.
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"Virginie jusqu'á la Floride"
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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County
County - Species Present
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Alachua
USF
 
Calhoun
USF
 
Columbia
FSU
 
Duval
USF
 
Escambia
UWFP
 
Franklin
USF
 
Gadsden
FSU
 
Gulf
FSU
 
Hamilton
FLAS
 
Holmes
FSU
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Quercus aurea
Quercus aurea Rafinesque, Alsogr. Amer. 20. 1838.
 
TYPE: "Arkanzas and Texas",
Quercus cuneata var. falcata
Quercus cuneata Wangenheim, var. falcata (Michaux) Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 113. Nov 1891.
BASIONYM: Quercus falcata Michaux 1801.
 
Quercus digitata
Quercus digitata (Marshall) Sudworth, Garden & Forest 5: 99. 1892.
BASIONYM: Quercus nigra Linnaeus, var. digitata Marshall 1785.
 
Quercus elongata
Quercus elongata Muhlenberg, in Muhlenberg & Willdenow, Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 3: 400. 1801.
 
 
Quercus falcata forma angustior
Quercus falcata Michaux, forma angustior E. J. Palmer & Steyermark, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 771. 1938.
 
TYPE: MISSOURI: Oregon Co.: Along Eleven Points River, 0.5 mi. N of McCormack Hollow, 3 mi. N of Greer, 27 Jul 1936, Steyermark 12318 (holotype: MO).
Quercus falcata forma triloba
Quercus falcata Michaux, forma triloba (Michaux) E. J. Palmer & Steyermark, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 518. 1935.
BASIONYM: Quercus triloba Michaux 1801.
 
Quercus falcata var. ludoviciana
Quercus falcata Michaux, var. ludoviciana Alph. de Candolle, in de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 59. 1864.
 
TYPE: LOUISIANA:
Quercus falcata var. triloba
Quercus falcata Michaux, var. triloba (Michaux) Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 214. 1818.
BASIONYM: Quercus triloba Michaux 1803.
 
Quercus falcata var. typica
Quercus falcata Michaux, var. typica A. Camus, Chênes, Atlas 3: 38. 1939, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Quercus falcata Michaux 1801.
 
Quercus hypophaeos
Quercus hypophaeos Petzold, in Petzold & Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav. 656. 1864.
 
 
Specimens and Distribution

Click on an Accession Number to view additional details about the specimen.

Counties listed: Baldwin, Bienville Par., Calhoun, Caswell, Clay, Cocke, Durham, Duval, Fairfield, Faulkner, Fayette, Franklin, Franklin Par., George, Hall, Jackson, Jefferson, Kent, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Lincoln Par., Lyon, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Newton, Perry, Pickens, Polk, Powell, Richland, Robeson, Scott, Vernon Par., Walt

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1954 - 2019

Accession No.
Country
State
County
Collection Date
Collector & Collection No
Notes
Image
USA
Alabama
Baldwin Co.
20 May 1981
8935
G. Wilhelm
USA
Alabama
Montgomery Co.
21 Jun 2010
21435
A. R. Diamond
USA
Arkansas
Clay Co.
12 Aug 1955
37866
D. Demaree
USA
Arkansas
Faulkner Co.
01 Jul 1955
37123A
D. Demaree
USA
Delaware
Kent Co.
03 Sep 2006
7830
W. D. Longbottom
USA
Florida
Calhoun Co.
13 Apr 2007
599
T. MacClendon
USA
Florida
Duval Co.
28 Jul 2009
17338
C. Slaughter
USA
Florida
Franklin Co.
05 May 2015
1726
S. Myers
USA
Florida
Franklin Co.
05 May 2016
1819
S. Myers
USA
Florida
Jackson Co.
17 Oct 1958
57851
R. K. Godfrey
Plant Photos
Quercus falcata - 69
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Quercus falcata - 69
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Quercus falcata - 147
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