Characteristics
Dicots
Quercus velutina Lam.
BLACK OAK
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Native
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Classification
FAGALES
Quercus velutina Lam. - BLACK OAK
Citation
QUERCUS VELUTINA Lamarck, Encycl. 1: 721. 1785.
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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)
Gadsden
GH
 
Holmes
FSU
 
Jackson
FLAS
 
Leon
USF
 
Liberty
FSU
 
Madison
FSU
 
Suwannee
FLAS
 
Wakulla
FSU
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Quercus coccinea var. nigrescens
Quercus coccinea Muenchhausen, var. nigrescens Alph. de Candolle, in de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 61. 1864.
 
 
Quercus coccinea var. tinctoria
Quercus coccinea Münchhausen, var. tinctoria Alph. de Candolle, in de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 61. 1864.
BASIONYM: Quercus tinctoria W. Bartram ex Michaux 1801, nom. illegit.; Quercus velutina Lamarck 1785.
 
Quercus discolor
Quercus discolor Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 358. 1789.
 
 
Quercus leiodermis
Quercus leiodermis Ashe, J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 40: 43. 1924.
 
TYPE: MISSOURI:
Quercus missouriensis
Quercus missouriensis (Sargent) Ashe, Bull. Charleston Mus. 13: 28. 1917.
BASIONYM: Quercus velutina Lamarck, var. missouriensis Sargent 1905.
 
Quercus rubra var. tinctoria
Quercus rubra Linnaeus, var. tinctoria (Alph. de Candolle) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 642. 1891.
BASIONYM: Quercus coccinea Münchhausen, var. tinctoria Alph. de Candolle 1864; Quercus tinctoria W. Bartram ex Michaux 1801, nom. illegit.; Quercus velutina Lamarck 1785.
 
Quercus tinctoria
Quercus tinctoria W. Bartram ex Michaux, Hist. Chênes Amér. no. 13. 1801, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Quercus velutina Lamarck 1787.
 
Quercus tinctoria subsp. discolor
Quercus tinctoria W. Bartram ex Michaux, subsp. discolor Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 121. 1889, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Quercus tinctoria W. Bartram ex Michaux 1801, nom. illegit.; Quercus velutina Lamarck 1785.
 
Quercus tinctoria var. angulosa
Quercus tinctoria W. Bartram ex Michaux, var. angulosa Michaux, Hist. Chênes Amér. no. 13(1). 1801, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Quercus tinctoria W. Bartram ex Michaux 1801, nom. illegit.; Quercus velutina Lamarck 1785.
 
Quercus tinctoria var. macrophylla
Quercus tinctoria W. Bartram ex Michaux, var. macrophylla Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 123, f. 59. 1891.
 
 
Specimens and Distribution

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

Counties listed: Baldwin, Berkeley, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Clark, Cocke, Crittenden, Delaware, Drew, Fairfax, Fannin, Fayette, Harris, Iowa, La Salle, Lafayette, Lauderdale, Lehigh, Leon, Madison, McCurtain, McDonald, Middlesex, Midland, Murray, Ogle, Orange, Pepin, Polk, Powell, Prince William, Randolph, Sauk, Scott, St. Louis, Stone, Taylor, Union, Westmoreland, Williamson, Winnebago

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1184 - 2007

Accession No.
Country
State
County
Collection Date
Collector & Collection No
Notes
Image
USA
Alabama
Baldwin Co.
20 May 1981
8940
G. Wilhelm
USA
Arkansas
Crittenden Co.
16 Sep 1969
61041
D. Demaree
 
USA
Arkansas
Drew Co.
03 Oct 1944
25309
D. Demaree
USA
Arkansas
Polk Co.
22 Sep 1966
54576
D. Demaree
USA
Arkansas
Stone Co.
23 Sep 1969
61193
D. Demaree
USA
Florida
Leon Co.
17 Jul 1966
D. Laker
USA
Georgia
Fannin Co.
02 Oct 1982
3411
N. C. Coile
USA
Georgia
Harris Co.
24 Aug 1971
21223
S. B. Jones
USA
Illinois
Brown Co.
21 Sep 2000
S. R. Hill
USA
Illinois
Cass Co.
26 Jun 1996
S. R. Hill
Plant Photos
Quercus velutina - 147
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Quercus velutina - 148
Quercus_velutina3.jpg
Quercus velutina - 148
Quercus_velutina4.jpg
Quercus velutina - 204
Quercus_velutina.jpg
Quercus velutina - 270
Quercus_velutina2.jpg