Compare sources for Quercus marilandica

East and Southeast USA; to 1000 m; introduced in Europe in 1739;

3-9 m (sometimes more, to 17 m); crown rounded, low, irregular;

Deciduous, Small or medium tree usually under 50’ tall. Often scrubby with drooping branches.

6-15 x 5-10 cm; oboval; 3 (rarely 5) pointed lobes at apical 1/2; base cuneate; leathery, thick; shiny green above; rusty tomentose beneath; midrib white; petiole pubescent 2-3 cm long;

• 6”
• short petiole
• blocky T-shaped or triangular
• thick and leathery
• underleaf sometimes bright rust-yellow
• stand stiff around twig tips

acorn 1-2 cm, globose or nearly so; pale brown; stout peduncle 0.5 cm long; enclosed 1/2 by cup; cup top-shaped, with tomentose scales;

• 3/4”
• deep goblet shaped cup
• scales loose

staminate and pistillate in early summer;

dark in squarish blocks with deep fissures

ashy brown hairy

tawny hairs

hardy; prefers lime-free, sandy soils, even poor; slow-growing;

Locally common in poor, dry soils; dry ridhes, barrens, disturbed fields. Often with stellata.
Rarely cultivated

– A.Camus : n° 415; – Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, subsection Phellos; – Described in 1704 after a tree from Maryland ; very rare in Europe ; – Hybridizes with : Q.velutina (= Q.x bushi i Sarg.), Q.ilicifolia (= Q.x brittonii ), Q.imbricaria (= Q.x tridentata ), Q.phellos (= Q.x rudkini ) ;

In TX and OK a var. with smaller leaves, ashei is recognized.