Quercus palustris Münchh. - Accepted: Quercus palustris Münchh. bei Zander 2008; Familie: Fagaceae (Zander 2008)
Quercus palustris Münchh. - Accepted: Quercus palustris Münchh. bei The Plant List (2010); Familie: Fagaceae (APG III)
Quercus palustris Münchh. - Accepted: Quercus palustris Münchh. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Fagaceae (APG III)
Quercus palustris Münchh. - Accepted: Quercus palustris Münchh. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Fagaceae (APG IV)
Quercus palustris Münchh. - Accepted: Quercus palustris Münchh. bei BfN Checklist Flora DE; Familie: Fagaceae (APG IV)

Flowers

monoecious; male flowers in drooping catkins on preceding year twigs, female flowers in short spikes on current year shoots

Flower ecology

wind-pollinated (anemophilous)

Life form

tree

Foliage persistence

deciduous

Fruits

acorns with a maximum length of 1.3 cm (0.5 inches)

Fruit ecology

animal-dispersed (zoochorous) (squirrels, mice, blue jays, woodpeckers)

Soil conditions

on acidic, poorly drained, clay to clayey loam soils

Root type

shallow root system

Natural occurrence (habitat)

bottomland deciduous forests (mixed with sweetgum, white oak, American elm, red maple), floodplain forests, wet bottomlands along rivers

Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)

temperate, mixed mesophytic deciduous forests

Constraints according temperature

susceptible to fire

Constraints according radiation (light)

intolerant of shade

Constraints according habitat

tolerant of acid rain and smoke

Usage

for construction timbers, fuel and mine props; planted as shade and ornamental tree

Phytopathogenic organisms

susceptible to Oak Wilt caused by the fungus Ceratocytis fagacearum

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