Quercus FAGACEAE Quercus 



ville (NC), in serpentine soil, Commons, in 1868, 1876 and 1879 (A); 

 low ground near Christiana, E. Tatnall in 1895 (D). Fl., May. 



Q. montana Willd. (Q. Prinus of authors). Rock Chestnut Oak. 



Common on rocky banks of the Piedmont; infrequent in dry 

 sandy soil, southward to Sussex and Talbot Counties. FL, May. 



Q. virginiana Mill. Live Oak. 



Known on this Peninsula from a single shrubby specimen in a 

 thicket just s. of Townsend (No) : Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5294, in 

 1935 (G, T), R. R. Tatnall, 3369, 1 June 1937 (T, A), and 4205, 8 

 June 1939 (T). 



I4 Q. rubra L. (Q.borealisMx. i. vslt. maxima Ashe. See House: PI 

 of N. Y. State (1924); Svenson: Rhodora 41, 521-524 

 1939.) Red Oak. '^' '" 1^ ■yA.yJ 



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Frequent in dry hilly woods of the Piedmont; infrequent in dry 

 sandy soil of the Coastal Plain. FL, late April, May. 



Q. palustris Muench. Pin Oak. 



Common and widely distributed. FL, late April, early May. 



Q. coccinea Wang. Scarlet Oak. 



Frequent in dry soil, preferring hilly woods of the Piedmont; 

 infrequent on the Coastal Plain. FL, May. 



Q. velutina Lam. Black Oak. 



Frequent in dry woods and fencerows of the Piedmont; less 

 common on the Coastal Plain southward at least to Sussex and 

 Talbot Counties. FL, May. 



Q. falcata Mx. (See the references under Q. rubra.) Spanish Oak. 



Frequent in sandy soil of the Coastal Plain, northward to the 

 Fall Line. FL, late April, May. 



Q. ilicifolia Wang. Scrub Oak. 



Rare in our area: near Laurel (S), Commons in 1874 (A); near 

 Newark (NC), Commons in 1892 (A). FL, May. 



Q. nigra L. Water Oak. 



Common in wet ground of the Coastal Plain, from Cape Charles 

 northward to Sussex County. FL, May. 



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