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Quercus platanoides, see Quercus bicolor. 



Quercus price! Sudw. Coast live oak. 



Range: 5. 



Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Acorn, biennial. 



A small to large evergreen tree; occurs in gravelly and other soils. Hardly 

 separable from Q. agrifolia. 



Quercus prinoides Willd. Dwarf chinquapin oak. 



Range : 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30. 

 Site: Dry, sun. 



Fruit : Acorn ; annual, available September-October. 



A large shrub to small tree ; thicket forming ; occurs on sandy, limestone 

 and other soils ; 400 seeds per pound. 



Observations: Ruffed grouse, cottontail rabbit. 



Quercus prinus, see also Quercus montana. 



Quercus prinus L. Swamp chestnut oak. 



Q. michauxii Nutt. 



Range : 20, 25, 28, 29, 30. 

 Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 



Fruit : Acorn ; annual, available September-October. 



A large tree ; taproot and deep laterals well developed ; long-lived ; generally 

 free from insects and diseases ; easily fire-damaged when young ; stump sprouts 

 never large ; wood durable, much used commercially ; a fertile-soil species ; 

 70-150 seeds per pound, germination 86 percent. 



Stomach records: Mourning dove; white-tailed deer. Observations: Cotton- 

 tail rabbit. 

 Quercus pumila, see also Quercus ilicifolia. 



Quercus pumila Walt. Running oak. 



Q. humilis Walt. 

 Range: 29, 30. 



Site : Dry, well-drained, sun, shade. 

 Fruit: Acorn, annual. 



A small evergreen shrub ; often forms small sparse thickets by means of root 

 stocks ; not a pioneer species. 

 Stomach records: Bobwhite. 



Quercus, pungens, see Quercus undulata. 

 Quercus reticulata, see Quercus diversicolor. 

 Quercus rhombica, see Quercus laurifolia. 

 Quercus rubra, see also Quercus lorealis. 



Quercus rubra L. Southern red oak. 



Q. falcata (Michx.) of Amer. auths., Q. digitata (Marsh.) Sudw. 

 Range : 20, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30. 

 Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 



Fruit : Acorn ; biennial, available September-October. 



A large tree ; root system deep as well as shallow on the same tree ; occurs on 

 sandy or heavy soils ; rapid growing, rather short-lived ; very sensitive to late 

 frosts ; much attacked by heart rot ; coppices freely, especially when young ; 

 much cultivated ; wood not durable, somewhat used commercially. 



Var. pogodaefolia (Ell.) Ashe, (Q. pogodaefolia (Ell.) Ashe, Q. pagoda Raf.), 

 and var. leucophylla Ashe, both occur within the range of the species. 



Quercus rydbergiana Cockerell. Rydberg oak. 



Q. undulata rydbergiana Cockerell. 

 Range: 13, 14. 

 Site: Dry, sun. 

 Fruit: Acorn, annual. 

 A small evergreen shrub. 



Quercus sadleriana Brown. Sadler oak. 



Range : 4. 



Site : Dry, well-drained, sun, shade. 



Fruit: Acorn, annual. 



A small to large evergreen shrub ; forms dense thickets ; occurs at altitudes 

 of from 5,000-7,000 feet. 



