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Georgia Oak (Quercus georgiana)

  • Global Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • State: AL, GA, NC, SC
  • Nature Serve ID: 151807
  • Lifeform: Shrub, Tree
  • Categories of Interest: Oaks
  • Date Inducted in National Collection: 06/09/2017
Description:

Where is Georgia Oak (Quercus georgiana) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Georgia Oak can be found in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina

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Nature Serve Biotics
  • 05/02/2017

Rare oak of western South Carolina (extripated), Georgia, to central Alabama. Vulnerable, but not seriously imperiled in Georgia, where it occurs on and around granite outcrops in about 14 counties (M. Moffett, pers. comm., 2005).

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Nomenclature
Taxon Quercus georgiana
Authority M.A. Curtis
Family Fagaceae
CPC Number 3688
ITIS 19341
USDA QUGE
Duration Perennial
Common Names Georgia oak
Associated Scientific Names Quercus georgiana
Distribution
State Rank
State State Rank
Alabama S2
Georgia S3
North Carolina S1
South Carolina S1
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