100 MISCELLANEOUS CIRCULAR 92, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Quercus virginiana geminata (Small) Sargent. 95 Live Oak. 



Range. — North Carolina (coast region, below Cape Fear River) to Florida 

 (Jupiter Island and Caloosahatchee River) and Mississippi. 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Quercus geminata Small 

 (1897). 



NAME IN USE 



Live Oak 



Quercus virginiana virescens Sargent. Live Oak. 



Range. — Florida (Alacahua, Seminole, Levy, and Dade Counties). 



name in use 



Live Oak 



Quercus virginiana macrophylla Sargent. 98 Live Oak. 



Range. — Southeastern Texas (known now to occur only at Pleasanton, in the 

 Atascosa River bottoms and flat woods above the river, Atascosa County. — 

 Sargent) . 



NAME IN USE 



Live Oak 



Quercus virginiana eximea Sargent. 97 Live Oak. 



Range. — Eastern Louisiana (Livingston and Tangipahoa Parishes). 



NAME IN USE 



Live Oak 



X Quercus coloradensis Ashe. Hybrid. 



Range. — Eastern Texas (Burnet County, Colorado River above Marble 

 Falls). 



Note on nomenclature. — Believed to be a hybrid between Quercus virginiana 

 Miller and Quercus macrocarpa Michaux. 



Quercus reticulata Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth. Metleaf Oak. 



Range. — Southern New Mexico (San Luis and Animas Mountains) and 

 southern Arizona (Mount Graham, Santa Rita, Huachuca, Chiricahua, Rincon, 

 and Santa Catalina Mountains); southward into Mexico. 



M A distinctly large-leafed form of this variety has been characterized as Quercus virginiana geminata, 

 forma grandifoha Sargent, which occurs in Florida (Orange, Duval, St. John, Alachua, Putnam, and Levy 

 Counties). 



•« Differs from the typical form of Quercus virginiana Miller in its much larger leaves. 



• 7 Differs from the typical form of Quercus virginiana Miller in its smaller size, pale, nearly smooth bark, 

 less hairy twigs, and in the smaller size of its leaves and acorns (Sargent) . 



The following shrubby varieties of Quercus virginiana Miller have been distinguished and are recorded 

 here in order to present a complete record of all known forms of this interesting species. 



Quercus virginiana fusiformis (Small) Sargent, occurring in eastern Texas (Edwards Plateau and in Kerr 

 and Comal Counties), is very similar in all its characteristics to the typical form of Quercus virginiana 

 Miller except In its shrubby form and in its smaller leaves. Formerly described as Quercus fusiformis Small. 



Quercus virginiana dentata Chapman, Dwarf Live Oak, occurring abundantly in Florida (pine barrens 

 near the coast), was first distinguished under its present name in 1860, later being described as Quercus 

 virginiana minima Sargent and as Quercus minima Small. 



Quercus virginiana maritima (Michaux) Sargent, Seaside Live Oak, occurring along the coast of South 

 Carolina and southward on the Florida Coast to Miami, Dade County, was originally described in 1801 

 as Quercus virens (maritima) Michaux, the varietal relationship being clearly indicated in 1860 by the name 

 Quercus virens var. maritima Chapman. Professor Sargent (op. cit. 449) suggests that Quercus succulenta 

 Small (from Dade County, Fla.) appears to be a form of this variety with its fruit borne in elongated spikes. 

 Distinguished by its large many-lobed leaves at the base of the stem, the leaves at the top of the stem being 

 entire. 



Quercus virginiana pygmaea Sargent, Pygmy Live Oak, occurring in Florida (Orange, Duval, Seminole, 

 Wakulla, and Lee Counties) and Georgia (near the seacost in Glynn County), is distinguished by its 

 usually three-lobed leaves and small acorns. 





