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Quercus inopina Ashe
Scrub Oak
Sandhill Oak
Florida Scrub Oak
Florida native
Endemic to Florida
Usually an occasional shrub of scrub habitats mostly in the interior central peninsula, ranging into St. Johns County in the northeast, Pinellas and Manatee Counties in the west and St. Lucie and Martin Counties in the southeast.
Rarely exceeding 2m (6-1/2 ft.) in height, this evergreen shrub typically has a single stem. The strongly revolute, elliptic leaves are alternate, simple with entire margins and 2-12cm (3/4 to 4-3/4 in.) long and 2 or more time longer than broad. The undersides are often covered with minute golden scales (lepidote). Male flowers are hanging catkins and female flowers are solitary or in pairs. Fruit is an acorn.
Quercus inopina is a member of the Fagaceae - Beech family.
Other species of the Quercus genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
Quercus chapmanii - CHAPMAN'S OAK
Quercus geminata - SAND LIVE OAK
Quercus laevis - TURKEY OAK
Quercus laurifolia - LAUREL OAK
Quercus michauxii - BASKET OAK
Quercus minima - DWARF LIVE OAK
Quercus myrtifolia - MYRTLE OAK
Quercus nigra - WATER OAK
Quercus virginiana - LIVE OAK
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
iNaturalist profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Feb 24, 2024
