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Florida, near sea level; South Carolina; Mississipi;

to 9 m tall; often shrubby;

Evergreen. Shrub or occasionally a small tree to 20’, usually forms thickets.

2-5 x 1.2-3 cm; evergreen; oboval to elliptic; thick; apex rounded often mucronate; base cuneate to rounded; margin revolute, entire or sometimes with 1-3 pairs of minute, bristle-tipped teeth; shiny dark green, hairless above; yellow green beneath with axil rusty tufts; 6-8 vein pairs; petiole glabrescent, 2-5 mm long;

• 1 1/2”
• very short petiole
• edges rolled under
• oval to diamond-shaped
• hairless and shiny
• underleaf pale green

acorn globose, 1-1.2 cm in diameter; turning blackish; sessile; 1 to 2 together, sessile or on a short peduncle; cup with appressed grey scales, covering less than 1/3 of nut; maturing in 2 years;

• 5/8”
• cup fairly shallow 1/4 - 1/3 of nut
• scales tight

spring;

• dark reddish brown

• dark reddish-brown

hardy zone 7 (withstands -14 ° C); prefers dry, sandy soils;

• Uncommon in dry sandy soil, particularly pine-oak scrub on coastal dunes
• rarely cultvated
• zones 8-10

– A.Camus : n° 403; – Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, subsection Phellos; – Hybridizes with Q.incana = Q.x oviedoensis Sarg., (but this taxon could be a form of Q.inopina …)