Quercus nigra L.

FAGACEAE

- Beech family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Quercus nigra L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 2: 995. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Water oak

English name: possum oak

English name: water oak

French name: chêne gris

Grown habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Quercus microcarya Small
= Quercus nigra L. var. heterophylla (Aiton) Ashe

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Quercus nigra L. var. heterophylla (Aiton) Ashe
2) Quercus nigra L. var. marilandica L., nom. inval.

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Hamamelididae
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species:

Page counter: 3367 ( AVG: 223.9 / 293.386 )

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Louis C. Maisenhelder - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

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Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Merano, Giardini di Castel Trauttmansdorff, BZ, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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W.D. Brush - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

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R.K. Winters - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 621.

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. - Not copyrighted image

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. - Not copyrighted image

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W.D. Brush - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

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Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Meise, Nationale Plantentuin van België, Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Brabant, Belgique/België, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Louis C. Maisenhelder - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

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Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

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W.D. Brush - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

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- The New Plantfinder - Images and local names of vascular plants - Project Dryades / KeyToNature, coordinated by the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
- Lichens - Interactive identification keys to the lichens
- Acta Plantarum - Forum and Image Gallery (Plants, Animals, Mushrooms)

Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Distributional map for Quercus nigra L.
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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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