Flora of the Southeastern United States

Quercus margaretiae (Ashe) Small. Common name: Sand Post Oak, Margaret's Oak. Phenology: Apr; Sep-Nov (of the same year). Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, typically in slightly loamy or clayey soils, not usual in the deepest and most xeric sands; outside of the distribution of Pinus palustris, in deep sandy, loamy, or rocky sites; also dry bluff forests. Distribution: Primarily a species of the Southeastern Coastal Plain: se. Virginia south to Florida and west to c. Texas and Oklahoma.

ID notes: Q. margaretiae often forms dense clonal, stoloniferous patches in frequent fire conditions, and tends to retain standard leaf characteristics.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: As stated by Fernald (1950), this oak was "chivalrously named [by W.W. Ashe] in 1903 for Margaret Henry Wilcox, who two years later became Mrs. Ashe". There has been controversy, however, over the spelling of the specific epithet; it should be corrected to 'margaretiae' (Weakley & McCormick 2020).

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, orthographic variant; Quercus margaretta (Ashe) Small — Ar, POWO, orthographic variant; = Quercus margaretta (Ashe) Small — C, FNA3, G, RAB, S, S13, Tn, WH3, orthographic variant; = Quercus margarettae (Ashe) Small — Fl2, Va, orthographic variant; = Quercus margarettiae (Ashe) Small — K1, NcTx, NS, orthographic variant; = Quercus minor (Marshall) Sarg. var. margaretiae W.W. Ashe; = Quercus stellata Wangenh. ssp. margaretiae (Ashe) A.E.Murray; = Quercus stellata Wangenh. var. margaretta (Ashe) Sarg. — F, GrPl, orthographic variant; = Quercus stellata var. parvifolia — Chap; > Quercus drummondii Liebmann — Tx; > Quercus margaretta (Ashe) Small — Tx. Basionym: Quercus minor (Marshall) Sarg. var. margaretiae W.W. Ashe 1894

Links to other floras: = Quercus margaretta - FNA3

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