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Quercus phellos

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Quercus phellos

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Also known as willow oak

species of oak

Species

Least Concern

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderFagales
  5. FamilyFagaceae
Native toAlabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri
Observations recorded22,070

Willow oak is an important tree in the forest cover types Willow Oak-Water Oak-Diamondleaf Oak (Society of American Foresters Type 88) and Sweetgum-Willow Oak (Type 92). It is also a minor associate in Loblolly Pine-Hardwood (Type 82), Swamp Chestnut Oak-Cherrybark Oak (Type 91), Sugarberry-American Elm-Green Ash (Type 93), and Overcup Oak-Water Hickory (Type 96) (22). Other trees associated with willow oak are water oak (Quercus nigra), red maple (Acer rubrum), cedar elm (Ulmus crassifolia), eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides), honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos), and persimmon (Diospyros uirginiana). Swamp-privet (Forestiera acuminata), roughleaf dogwood (Cornus drummondii), hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), and American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) are major shrub or small tree associates.

via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
4,492
With media
4,008
Family
Fagaceae
Collections
ENCB-IPN, GA, NY, USFWS, MISS, UTEP
Recorded in
United States

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