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§1 Plant

Quercus stellata Wangenh.

vernacular post oak — species · Fagaceae


USDA
QUST
GBIF
8879961
Rank
species
post oak (Quercus stellata)
Platephotograph · Cosmic Cat source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Fagaceae Dumort.
Genus
Quercus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,104 counties across 28 states/territories
Legend Native · 1104 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
High
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Low
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-33 °F minimum
Frost-free days
165 min.
Precipitation
22–80 in/yr
pH range
4.8–6.5
Root depth
36 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Stem
Growth rate
Slow
Lifespan
Long
Mature height
60 ft
Height @ 20 y
25 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
Moderate
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Early Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
380
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
Yes
Fuelwood
High
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,104 counties across 28 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 66 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 74 N
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 12 N
Georgia view state ↗ 48 N
Illinois view state ↗ 58 N
Indiana view state ↗ 20 N
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N
Kansas view state ↗ 30 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 112 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 44 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 50 N
Missouri view state ↗ 110 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N
New York view state ↗ 8 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 69 N
Ohio view state ↗ 27 N
Oklahoma view state ↗ 64 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 18 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 36 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 53 N
Texas view state ↗ 59 N
Virginia view state ↗ 95 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 25 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/QUST ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/8879961 ↗

Record version

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