Quercus pumila

Quercus pumila
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Subgenus:	Quercus subg. Quercus
Section:	Quercus sect. Lobatae
Species:	Q. pumila
Binomial name
	Quercus pumila; Walter
	Natural range
Synonyms
	List Quercus cinerea var. pumila (Walter) Curtis ; Quercus phellos var. pumila (Walter) Michx. ; Cyclobalanopsis sericea (Aiton) Schottky ; Quercus cinerea var. nana A.DC. ; Quercus elliottii Wilbur ; Quercus phellos var. sericea Aiton ; Quercus pumila var. sericea (Aiton) Engelm. ; Quercus sericea (Aiton) Willd. ;

Quercus pumila, the runner oak^[4] or running oak,^[5] is a species of oak. It is native to the southeastern United States (Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas).^[4]^[6]

Quercus pumila is a deciduous shrub usually less than one meter (3 feet 3 inches) tall. The bark is gray or dark brown. The leaves are up to 10 centimetres (4 in) long, with no teeth or lobes, hairless or nearly so on the upper surface, the underside usually with a thick coat of reddish-brown hairs.^[4]

References

^ Wenzell, K.; Kenny, L. (2015). "Quercus pumila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T194224A2304962. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T194224A2304962.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ Tropicos, Quercus pumila Walter
^ The Plant List, Quercus pumila Walter
^ ^a ^b ^c "Quercus pumila in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Quercus pumila". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
^ Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

External links

[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] Wenzell, K.; Kenny, L. (2015). "Quercus pumila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T194224A2304962. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T194224A2304962.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[2] Tropicos, Quercus pumila Walter

[3] The Plant List, Quercus pumila Walter

[:0-4] "Quercus pumila in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2018-08-15.

[5] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Quercus pumila". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 September 2015.

[6] Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

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