Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Fagaceae

Quercus - [maps | photos]

• Quercus alba L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: white oak

• Quercus bicolor Willd.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: swamp white oak

• Quercus coccinea Munchh.
  Common Name: scarlet oak

• Quercus falcata Michx.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland -
  Common Name: southern red oak

• Quercus imbricaria Michx.
  NWI TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: shingle oak

• Quercus lyrata Walt.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: overcup oak

• Quercus macrocarpa Michx.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: mossycup oak

• Quercus margaretta (Ashe) Small (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: sand post oak

• Quercus marilandica Munchh.
  Common Name: blackjack oak

• Quercus michauxii Nutt.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: basket oak
  Synonyms:
  

         • Quercus prinus auct. p.p. non L.

         • Quercus prinus auct. p.p. non L.

         • Quercus prinus auct. p.p. non L.

• Quercus montana Willd.
  Common Name: chestnut oak
  Synonyms:
  

         • Quercus prinus L.

• Quercus muehlenbergii Engelm.
  NWI TN: No Wetland Indicator
  Common Name: chinkapin oak
  Synonyms:
  

         • Quercus prinoides Coult., non Willd.

         • Quercus prinoides Coult., non Willd.

• Quercus nigra L.
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: water oak

• Quercus pagoda Raf.
  NWI TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: cherrybark oak
  Synonyms:
  

         • Quercus falcata Michx. var. pagodifolia Ell.

• Quercus palustris Munchh.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: pin oak

• Quercus phellos L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: willow oak

• Quercus prinoides Willd.
  NWI TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: dwarf chinkapin oak

• Quercus rubra L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: northern red oak

• Quercus shumardii Buckl.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: Shumard's oak

• Quercus stellata Wangenh.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: post oak

• Quercus texana Buckl.
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Texas red oak
  Synonyms:
  

         • Quercus nuttallii Palmer

• Quercus velutina Lam.
  Common Name: black oak

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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