PLANTS Profile for Quercus laurifolia (laurel oak)

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Quercus laurifolia Michx.
laurel oak

Symbol:

QULA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fagaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48

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Quercus laurifolia Michx.

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Synonyms:
Quercus laurifolia Michx.

	QUHE4	Quercus hemisphaerica auct. non W. Bartram ex Willd.
	QUOB2	Quercus obtusa (Willd.) Ashe
	QUPHL	Quercus phellos L. var. laurifolia (Michx.) Chapm.
	QUSU10	Quercus succulenta Small

Distribution:
Quercus laurifolia Michx.


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, PA, SC, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Quercus laurifolia Michx.

View 6 genera in Fagaceae, 206 species in Quercus

Classification:
Quercus laurifolia Michx.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Hamamelididae
Order	Fagales
Family	Fagaceae – Beech family
Genus	Quercus L. – oak
Species	Quercus laurifolia Michx. – laurel oak

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Quercus laurifolia Michx.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW-,FACW

FACW-

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Quercus laurifolia Michx.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19368.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Related Web Sites:
Quercus laurifolia Michx.

USDA Forest Service-Silvics of North America

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