Quercus pagoda

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Species Distribution Map
Family:FAGACEAE
Species:Quercus pagoda Raf.
Common Name:Cherry Bark Oak; Swamp Spanish Oak
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Tree
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:QUPA5
Plant Notes:Cherry Bark Oak is a large native deciduous tree in the Beech family (Fagaceae). It can be found in scattered areas throughout Alabama. Cherry Bark Oak often grows on the floodplains of large rivers, and in areas with basic soils. It is most common in the Black Belt area of Central Alabama. Cherry Bark Oak is a large tree reaching 100-120 feet in height. The bark is gray or blackish in color and forms narrow flakey ridges. It resembles that of old Black Cherry trees (Prunus serotina Ehrhart). Leaves are petiolate, ovate to elliptic in outline, with 5-7 triangular lobes. The lobes may have 2-3 teeth or small lobes near the apex. The base of the leaf is wedge-shaped and forms a “V”. The base of Southern Red Oak (Quercus falcata Michaux) leaves are more rounded forming a “U”. The terminal lobe is not much different than the lateral lobes. In Southern Red Oak, the terminal lobe is often elongate and narrower than the lateral lobes. The upper surface of the leaf is glabrous and shiny; the lower surface of the leaf is pale and pubescent with fine stellate hairs. Leaves turn yellow-brown before falling in the autumn. Male flowers are produced in drooping yellow-green catkins. Female flowers are solitary and sessile. The fruit is a nut. The acorns take two years to mature. The cup of the acorn is saucer shaped and covers 1/3 to ½ of the acorn. Cherry Bark Oak has been treated as a variety of Southern Red Oak (Quercus falcata Michaux var. pagodifolia Elliott or Quercus falcata Michaux var. leucophylla (Ashe) E. J. Palmer & Steyermark). Cherry Bark Oak is distinct morphologically and environmentally. Cherry Bark Oak is sometimes cultivated as a large shade tree or as a street tree. It prefers a moist, loamy soil and full sun. Cherry Bark Oak is available from many native plant nurseries. Trees can tolerate short periods of flooding during the winter.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FAC+ (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyFAGACEAE - Beech family
Genus Quercus
Species Quercus pagoda Raf. - Cherry Bark Oak; Swamp Spanish Oak

Citation

Citation Quercus pagoda Rafinesque, Alsogr. Amer. 23. 1838.
Basionym: REPLACED: Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia Elliott 1824.
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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Quercus carpenteri Quercus carpenteri Riddell, New Orleans Med. Surg. J. 9: 613. 1853. LOUISIANA
Quercus falcata var. leucophylla Quercus falcata Michaux, var. leucophylla (Ashe) E. J. Palmer & Steyermark, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 518. 1935.Quercus rubra Linnaeus, var. leucophylla Ashe 1917. 
Quercus leucophylla Quercus leucophylla (Ashe) Ashe, Torreya 18: 73. 1918.Quercus rubra Linnaeus, var. leucophylla Ashe 1917. 
Quercus pagoda var. leucophylla Quercus pagoda Rafinesque, var. leucophylla (Ashe) Ashe, J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 34: 136. 1918.Quercus rubra Linnaeus, var. leucophylla Ashe 1917. 
Quercus rubra var. leucophylla Quercus rubra Linnaeus, var. leucophylla Ashe, Bull. Charleston Mus. 13: 25. 1917.  
Quercus rubra var. pagodifolia Quercus rubra Linnaeus, var. pagodifolia (Elliott) Ashe ex Sargent, Bot. Gaz. 65: 427. 1918.Quercus falcata Michaux, var. pagodifolia Elliott 1824. 
Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia Quercus falcata Michaux, var. pagodifolia Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 605. 1824.  
Quercus pagodifolia Quercus pagodifolia (Elliott) Ashe, Bot. Gaz. 24: 375. 1897, nom. illegit.Quercus pagoda Rafinesque 1838; Quercus falcata Michaux, var. pagodifolia Elliott 1824. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Cherokee, Choctaw, Clarke, Covington, Cullman, Dallas, Elmore, Fayette, Hale, Henry, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Marengo, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Sumter, Talladega, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1966 - 1997

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UNA00032617 Tuscaloosa 18 Nov 1968 Brooks, Carol J.
568		 UNA
Quercus pagodifolia (Ell.) Ashe
UWAL0007734 Cherokee 26 Jul 2006 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12500		 UWAL
Quercus pagoda Raf.
UWAL0047328 Autauga 26 Jun 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1737		 UWAL
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
JSU124083 Jackson 27 Jun 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
937		 JSU
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
AUA_ACC_69300 Covington 16 Apr 2009 Hansen, Curtis J.
3743		 AUA
Quercus Pagoda Raf.
UWAL0007735 Henry 24 Jul 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19608		 UWAL
Quercus pagoda Raf.
ALNHS00000904 Jackson 31 Aug 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
HC-554		 ALNHS
Quercus pagoda Raf.
AUA000042990 Cullman 5 Jun 1922 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Quercus Pagoda Raf.
JSU124081 Choctaw 13 Sep 1997 Higginbotham, Jerri W.
236		 JSU
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
TROY000020001 Sumter 07 Nov 1980 Kral, Robert
66597		 TROY
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
UWAL0007736 Marengo 29 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1474		 UWAL
Quercus pagoda Raf.
ALNHS00003752 Lauderdale 15 Jul 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1822		 ALNHS
Quercus pagoda L.
UNA00032612 Morgan 09 Jul 1969 Kral, Robert
35288		 UNA
Quercus pagoda Raf.
UWAL0007738 Sumter 09 Oct 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3143		 UWAL
Quercus pagoda Raf.
UNA00064018 Jackson 27 Jun 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
937		 UNA
Quercus pagoda Raf.
UWAL0007739 Sumter 23 May 1984 Jones
21		 UWAL
Quercus pagoda Raf.
UWAL0049387 Bullock 02 May 2017 Horne, Howard E.
3881		 UWAL
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
JSU142336 Jackson 31 Aug 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
HC-554		 JSU
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
AUA_ACC_10220 Lee 4 May 1962 Landers, K.E.
 AUA
Quercus Pagoda Raf.
TROY000019999 Cherokee 26 Jul 2006 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12500		 TROY
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
UNA00069374 Marengo 29 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1474		 UNA
Quercus pagoda Raf.
AUA_ACC_67318 Cherokee 26 Jul 2006 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12500		 AUA
Quercus Pagoda Raf.
UNA00066905 Sumter 09 Oct 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3143		 UNA
Quercus pagoda Raf.
TROY000042225 Montgomery 30 Oct 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22676		 TROY
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
AUA_ACC_34595 Fayette 18 Apr 1970 Rush, Larry
053		 AUA
Quercus Pagoda Raf.
UNA00057934 Fayette 08 May 2002 Haynes, Robert R.
10233		 UNA
Quercus pagoda Raf.
UNA00032613 Cherokee 22 Jul 1968 Kral, Robert
31891		 UNA
Quercus pagodifolia (Ell.) Ashe
AUA000042563 Covington 17 Jun 1999 Pancake, Jr., Dale C.
S.N.		 AUA
Quercus Pagoda Raf.
UNA00032618 Tuscaloosa 18 Nov 1968 Brooks, Carol J.
570		 UNA
Quercus pagodifolia (Ell.) Ashe
UNA00054470 Blount 06 Jul 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1651		 UNA
Quercus pagoda Raf.
TROY000006019 Bullock 08 Aug 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13522		 TROY
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
AUA_ACC_39022 Lowndes 6 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1144		 AUA
Quercus Pagoda Raf.
UNA00059619 Tuscaloosa 07 Jun 2000 Haynes, Robert R.
10059		 UNA
Quercus pagoda Raf.
UWAL0018613 Dallas 09 Nov 1985 Kral, Robert
73102		 UWAL
Quercus pagoda Raf.
JSU124082 Jackson 29 Oct 1999 Brodeur, Kristin R.
2144		 JSU
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
UWAL0010103 Montgomery 30 Oct 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22676		 UWAL
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
TROY000028503 Marengo 29 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1474		 TROY
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
TROY000047869 Autauga 26 Jun 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1737		 TROY
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
UWAL0007737 Morgan 28 Sep 2008 England, J. Kevin
1246		 UWAL
Quercus pagoda Raf.
AUA_ACC_48130 Talladega 5 Oct 1980 Webb, A.L.
072		 AUA
Quercus Pagoda Raf.
TROY000006020 Montgomery 07 Sep 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
12082		 TROY
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
AUA_ACC_18649 Cherokee 22 Jul 1968 Kral, Robert
31891		 AUA
Quercus Pagoda Raf.
TROY000028583 Sumter 09 Oct 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3143		 TROY
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
UNA00032603 Limestone 22 Sep 1970 Kral, Robert
41205		 UNA
Quercus pagodifolia (Ell.) Ashe
UWAL0013020 Bullock 02 Nov 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1447		 UWAL
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
TROY000020098 Henry 24 Jul 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19608		 TROY
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
TROY000038388 Bullock 31 Aug 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1163		 TROY
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
AUA_ACC_62697 Tuscaloosa 7 Jul 2000 Haynes, Robert R.
10059		 AUA
Quercus Pagoda Raf.
AUA_ACC_71754 Marengo 20 Aug 2008 England, J. Kevin
1474		 AUA
Quercus Pagoda Raf.
TROY000032492 Butler 06 May 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22041		 TROY
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
TROY000036575 Bullock 02 Nov 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1447		 TROY
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
TROY000020097 Monroe 20 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18295		 TROY
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
UNA00029100 Fayette 09 Jul 1997 Haynes, Robert R.
9556		 UNA
Quercus pagoda Raf.
AUA_ACC_41940 Cherokee 1 Sep 1983 Griffin, Tina
068		 AUA
Quercus Pagoda Raf.
ALNHS00002242 Clarke 15 May 2013 Horne, Howard E.
SWS-223		 ALNHS
Quercus pagoda Raf.
ALNHS00004762 Elmore 10 Apr 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
YLW-97		 ALNHS
Quercus pagoda Raf.
AUA_ACC_61216 Choctaw 21 Oct 1994 Crouch, Virginia E.
1254		 AUA
Quercus Pagoda Raf.
UWAL0030927 Henry 25 Aug 1998 Kral, Robert
87717		 UWAL
Quercus pagoda Rafin.
TROY000020000 Jackson 27 Jun 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
937		 TROY
Quercus pagoda Rafinesque
UNA00032608 Hale 22 Apr 1966 Thomas, Joab L.
815		 UNA
Quercus pagodifolia (Ell.) Ashe
UNA00056944 Montgomery 07 Sep 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
12082		 UNA
Quercus pagoda Raf.
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