Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fagales > Fagaceae > Quercus > Quercus laevisQuercus laevis (American Turkey Oak)Synonyms: Quercus catesbaei; Quercus catesbaei f. rappii; Quercus laeta f. rappii; Quercus laevis f. lineariloba; Quercus laevis f. rappii Quercus laevis, the turkey oak, is a member of the red oak group of oaks. It is native to the southeastern United States, occurring on the coastal plain from Virginia south to central Florida, and west to southeast Louisiana. The name turkey oak derives from the resemblance of the leaves to a turkey's foot. A Turkish and southern European species Quercus cerris is also commonly referred to as Turkey oak, so Quercus laevis is sometimes referred to as American turkey oak to distinguish it from the European species. |
| Air Quality Improvement [1] | None | | Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-High | | Carbon Capture [1] | Low | | Screening - Summer [2] | Moderate | | Screening - Winter [2] | Porous | | Shade Percentage [1] | 79 % | | Temperature Reduction [1] | Low | | Wind Reduction [1] | Medium-Low |  | | Bloom Period [2] | Late Spring | | Drought Tolerance [2] | High | | Edible [3] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Fire Tolerance [2] | Medium | | Flower Type [3] | Monoecious | | Frost Free Days [2] | 9 months | | Fruit/Seed Abundance [2] | Medium | | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Summer | | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Fall | | Growth Form [2] | Single Stem | | Growth Period [2] | Spring, Summer | | Growth Rate [2] | Rapid | | Leaf Type [3] | Deciduous | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Pollinators [3] | Wind | | Propagation [2] | Bare Root, Container, Seed | | Root Depth [2] | 30 inches (76 cm) | | Seed Spread Rate [2] | Slow | | Seed Vigor [2] | Medium | | Seeds Per [2] | 395 / lb (871 / kg) | | Shape/Orientation [2] | Erect | | Specific Gravity [4] | 0.66 | | Structure [3] | Tree | | Usage [3] | A mulch of the leaves repels slugs, grubs etc, though fresh leaves should not be used as these can inhibit plant growth;
Oak galls are excrescences that are sometimes produced in great numbers on the tree and are caused by the activity of the larvae of different insects. The insects live inside these galls, obtaining their nutrient therein. When the insect pupates and leaves, the gall can be used as a rich source of tannin, that can also be used as a dyestuff;
Wood - heavy, hard, strong, rather close-grained. Too small to be of commercial value, it makes an excellent fuel; | | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | None | | | Flower Color [2] | Yellow | | Foliage Color [2] | Green | | Fruit Color [2] | Brown | | | Fall Conspicuous [2] | Yes | | Fruit Conspicuous [2] | Yes | | | Height [3] | 39 feet (12 m) | | Width [1] | 30 feet (9.2 m) | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 8 Low Temperature: 10 F° (-12.2 C°) → 20 F° (-6.7 C°) | | Hardiness Zone Maximum [1] | USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°) | | Light Preference [2] | Full Sun | | Soil Acidity [2] | Very Acid | | Soil Fertility [2] | Infertile | | Water Use [1] | Moderate to Low |
View Plants For A Future Record : Quercus laevis |
Habitat Vegetation Classification |
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Atlantic Coastal Plain Longleaf Sandhill Scrub |
United States (South Carolina, North Carolina) |
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Atlantic Coastal Plain Subxeric Sandy Longleaf Pine - Pond Pine Ecotonal Woodland |
United States (North Carolina, South Carolina) |
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Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric Longleaf Pine Sand Woodland |
United States (North Carolina, South Carolina) |
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Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric Sandhill Scrub |
United States (North Carolina, South Carolina) |
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Atlantic Inner Coastal Plain Yellow Sand Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (South Carolina, Georgia) |
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Carolina Coastal Longleaf Pine Sandhill |
United States (South Carolina, North Carolina) |
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Carolina Longleaf Pine / Mixed Scrub Oak Sandhill |
United States (North Carolina) |
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Fall-line Sandhills Dry Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (North Carolina, South Carolina) |
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Florida Panhandle Lowlands Subxeric Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (Florida) |
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Florida Peninsula Xeric Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (Florida) |
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Florida Red Hills Submesic Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (Georgia, Florida) |
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Georgia Dry Longleaf Pine - Scrub Oak Sand Woodland |
United States (Georgia) |
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Georgia Outer Coastal Plain Subxeric Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (Georgia) |
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Georgia Xeric Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (Georgia) |
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Longleaf Pine / Scrub Oak Sandhill (Northern Type) |
United States (Virginia, North Carolina) |
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Longleaf Pine / Turkey Oak Woodland |
United States (Florida, Alabama) |
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South Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Longleaf Pine Sandhill |
United States (Florida) |
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South Atlantic Dry Longleaf Pine Sandhill |
United States (South Carolina, Georgia) |
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South Atlantic Sandhills Subxeric Silty Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (South Carolina, Georgia) |
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South Carolina Central Longleaf Woodland |
United States (Georgia, South Carolina) |
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Southern Inner Coastal Plain Silty Longleaf Pine / Sand Post Oak Woodland |
United States (South Carolina, Georgia) |
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Western Florida Panhandle Xeric Lowland Sandhill Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (Florida) |
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Wiregrass Gap Xeric Longleaf Pine Sand Woodland |
United States (South Carolina) |
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Xeric Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain Longleaf Pine Woodland |
United States (South Carolina, Georgia) |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 4Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service ♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 7Platycotis vittata (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Membracidae), F.W. Mead, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Division of Plant Industry, June 2004. Latest Revision: December 2014 ♦ 8Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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