Quercus imbricaria Michaux. Subgenus: Quercus. Section: Lobatae. Subsection: Phellos. Common name: Shingle Oak. Phenology: Apr-May; Oct (of the second year). Habitat: Rich soils of upper floodplains of rivers and creeks, often at the base of the slope into the upland, also on lower slopes, upland depression swamps, and in drier forests over diabase, limestone, or other calcareous or mafic claypan soils, rarely extending to 5100 feet elevation. Distribution: Primarily midwestern, ranging from NJ, PA, n. OH, s. MI, n. IL, and c. IA, south to e. VA, nc. and w. NC, sc. TN, LA, and ne. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, FNA3, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV, Hunt (1990). Basionym: Quercus imbricaria Michx. 1801
Links to other floras: = Quercus imbricaria - FNA3
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
- Great Plains: FAC
- Midwest: FACU
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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native range: eastern United States
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