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Fagaceae
Quercus

not marked as a favorite taxon Quercus myrtifolia Willdenow. Common name: Myrtle Oak. Phenology: Feb-Mar; Sep (of the second year). Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub (more commonly on yellow sands), oak scrub, dry flatwoods, coastal dunes. Distribution: A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: se. SC south to s. FL, west to se. MS. Often a dominant on xeric yellow sands in c. FL, where when fire-suppressed, can form dominant scrubby thickets.

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Subgenus: Quercus. Section: Lobatae. Subsection: Phellos.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl2, FNA3, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, WH3, Hunt (1990); < Quercus myrtifolia Willd. — S, S13; Quercus myrtifolia Willd. Basionym: Quercus myrtifolia Willd. 1805

Links to other floras: = Quercus myrtifolia - FNA3

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image #1 of Quercus myrtifolia© Mary Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) source CC-BY-NC-SA, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Quercus myrtifolia© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
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image #4 of Quercus myrtifolia© Mary Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) source CC-BY-NC-SA, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Quercus myrtifolia© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Quercus myrtifolia© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Quercus myrtifolia© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Quercus myrtifolia© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Quercus myrtifolia© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Quercus myrtifolia© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Quercus myrtifolia© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #12 of Quercus myrtifolia© Mary Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) source CC-BY-NC-SA, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #14 of Quercus myrtifolia© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #16 of Quercus myrtifolia© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷

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