• Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Quercus inopina

scrub oak

Nomenclature

Common Name:

scrub oak

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Quercus inopina

Family:

Fagaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

tree

Size:

5 to 30 ft

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

Fruit Color:

brown

Phenology:

Evergreen. Blooms early spring (inconspicuous). Fruits ripen the second fall. Clonal, a likely adaptation to fire.

Noted For:

Hurricane Wind Resistance

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Forms a thicket with many sprouts from  underground stems.

Considerations:

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Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Not wet but not extremely dry -to- 1Stays wet

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray.

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Acidic

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B

Ecology

Wildlife:

Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals

Larval host  for Horace's duskywing (Erynnis horatius), red-banded hairstreak ( Calycopis cecrops ) and white-M hairstreak ( Parrhasius m-album ) butterflies.





 

Small mammals use the acorns.





 Provides significant food and cover for wildlife.





The acorns are utilized by squirrels.





An important food source for the Florida scrub-jay as the tannins in the nuts help it remain edible through the winter; scrub-jays may also use it for nesting and perching

Native Habitats:

Scrub, scrubby flatwoods, scrubby sandhill.

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General Comments:

Endemic to the sand ridges of  central and northern peninsular Florida.