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Quercus oglethorpensis
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<h2 id="description">Description</h2> <p><i>Quercus oglethorpensis</i> is a tree growing to approximately 25 meters (83 feet) in height, with a <a href="/facts/Diameter_at_breast_height/La9IvRNv">diameter at breast height</a> of about 80 centimetres (31 inches). The <a href="/facts/Bark_(botany)/vdL49ec1">bark</a> is white or pale gray. The <a href="/facts/Leaves/1m6wCNTg">leaves</a> are narrowly elliptical, up to 15 cm (6 in) long, usually flat rather than cupped, usually with no lobes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="distribution">Distribution</h2> <p><i>Quercus oglethorpensis</i> is endemic to the southeastern United States, found only in the <a href="/facts/Piedmont_(United_States)/EoTcRzIL">Piedmont</a> of <a href="/facts/Georgia_(U.S._state)/KKnTDY6F">Georgia</a> and <a href="/facts/South_Carolina/lQQX84IS">South Carolina</a>, and in <a href="/facts/Alabama/1Xk8EveN">Alabama</a>, <a href="/facts/Louisiana/2GvfFcKE">Louisiana</a> and <a href="/facts/Mississippi/7KwuWxxT">Mississippi</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="diseases">Diseases</h2> <p>This species is commonly affected by <a href="/facts/Chestnut_blight/xUawTdt9">chestnut blight</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li>Patrick; Allison & Krakow (1995). <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182413/http://www.gohuntgeorgia.com/sites/default/files/uploads/legacy_assets/Documents/querog.pdf">"<i>Quercus oglethorpensis</i> Duncan"</a> (PDF). <i>Protected Plants of Georgia</i>. <a href="/facts/Georgia_Department_of_Natural_Resources/LqP83UNc">Georgia Department of Natural Resources</a>. Archived from <a href="http://www.gohuntgeorgia.com/sites/default/files/uploads/legacy_assets/Documents/querog.pdf">the original</a> (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2010.</li> <li><a href="https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=QUOG">"PLANTS Profile for <i>Quercus oglethorpensis</i> (Oglethorpe oak)"</a>. <i>USDA PLANTS database</i>. Retrieved 23 April 2010.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Brown, Claud L.; L. Katherine Kirkman (1990). Trees of Georgia and Adjacent States. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 110. ISBN 0-88192-148-3. <a href="0-88192-148-3" target="_blank">0-88192-148-3</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>New Georgia Encyclopedia <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/james-oglethorpe-1696-1785" target="_blank">http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/james-oglethorpe-1696-1785</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Duncan, Wilbur H.; Marion B. Duncan (1988). Trees of the Southeastern United States. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. pp. 250. ISBN 0-8203-1469-2. <a href="0-8203-1469-2" target="_blank">0-8203-1469-2</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus oglethorpensis". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. <a href="http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233501069" target="_blank">http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233501069</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Beckman, E. (2017). "Quercus oglethorpensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T30956A2798949. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T30956A2798949.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021. <a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/30956/2798949" target="_blank">https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/30956/2798949</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Brown, Claud L.; L. Katherine Kirkman (1990). Trees of Georgia and Adjacent States. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 110. ISBN 0-88192-148-3. <a href="0-88192-148-3" target="_blank">0-88192-148-3</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Duncan, Wilbur H.; Marion B. Duncan (1988). Trees of the Southeastern United States. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. pp. 250. ISBN 0-8203-1469-2. <a href="0-8203-1469-2" target="_blank">0-8203-1469-2</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Quercus oglethorpensis". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. <a href="http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Quercus%20oglethorpensis.png" target="_blank">http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Quercus%20oglethorpensis.png</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Brown, Claud L.; L. Katherine Kirkman (1990). Trees of Georgia and Adjacent States. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 110. ISBN 0-88192-148-3. <a href="0-88192-148-3" target="_blank">0-88192-148-3</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Duncan, Wilbur H.; Marion B. Duncan (1988). Trees of the Southeastern United States. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. pp. 250. ISBN 0-8203-1469-2. <a href="0-8203-1469-2" target="_blank">0-8203-1469-2</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>