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Quercus inopina

Quercus inopina Ashe

Sandhill Oak, Florida Oak

Fagaceae (Beech Family)

Synonym(s):

USDA Symbol: QUIN7

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

Sandhill Oak is an evergreen shrub that grows to 16 feet tall (4.9 m). BARK: light gray. TWIGS and BUDS: light to dark purplish-brown, twigs may have slight pubescence, terminal buds somewhat ovoid with a blunt tip, 5-angled in cross section. LEAVES: smooth or sparsely pubescent petiole 1⁄8 - 3⁄8 inch (3 - 10 mm) in length; leaves are elliptical to ovate or spatulate, 1 1⁄2 - 3 3⁄8 inches (38 - 86 mm) long and 1 - 1 3⁄4 inches (25 - 44 mm) wide, base is acute to rounded; upper surface is smooth or rugose, convex with an entire margin, may have scattered hairs along midrib, lower surface with a light scurfy pubescence, often covered with ascocarps of fungi.

Florida oak is a conservation concern and rated indeterminate by IUCN.