Quercus laevis Walter. Subgenus: Quercus. Section: Lobatae. Subsection: Phellos. Common name: Turkey Oak. Phenology: Apr; Sep-Oct (of the second year). Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, primarily in very xeric soils of deep sandy deposits (Carolina bay rims, old beach dunes, early Cenozoic deposits of the Fall-line Sandhills), or inland from the Coastal Plain on dry ridges and slopes over quartzite or other acidic rock types. Distribution: Essentially a Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: se. VA south to s. FL and west to e. LA.

ID notes: The leaves turn an intense orange-red in the autumn (November).

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl2, FNA3, G, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, S, Va, WH3, Hunt (1990), (basionym); = Quercus catesbaei Michx. — S13

Links to other floras: = Quercus laevis - FNA3

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Heliophily ⓘ: 8