| Quercus chapmanii | |
| Author | Sarg. 1895 Gard. & Forest 8: 93 1895. |
| Synonyms | obtusiloba var. parvifolia Chapm. 1860 |
| Local names | Chapman's
oak; |
| Range | Carolina
to Florida, on dunes at low elevations; |
| Growth habit | reaches 15 m tall, but more often occurs as a scrubby shrub not exceeding 3 m; |
| Leaves | 2-9
x 1.2-4 cm; semi-evergreen; oblong to oboval; apex with a rounded lobe;
base cuneate; margins wavy, sometimes remotely lobed near apex, often
entire; lustrous dark green above; paler beneath, with minute tomentum
at first, becoming more or less glabrescent; petiole 1-4 mm, slightly
hairy; |
| Flowers | male
flowers at end of branchlets, on 7-12 cm catkins; in late winter to early
spring; |
| Fruits | acorn 1.5-1.9 cm; ovoid; brown when mature; sessile; singly or paired; enclosed 1/2 or mor by deep, warty cupule; maturing first year; |
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Bark, twigs and |
bark
irregularly scaly, light grey; twigs tawny, densely pubescent; buds light
brown, globose, 1-3 mm; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | a
little tender (may withstand -15°C); prefers sandy soils; slow growing;
inhabits sandy, bushy sites; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 276 ; -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Stellatae; -- Alvin Chapman (1809-1899) = physician and botanist of Florida, the first to describe this species; -- Hybridizes with Q.minima (= x rolfsii) |
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