Post Oak (Trees of Eisenhower State Park)

Post Oak

Quercus stellata

Summary ⁴

Quercus stellata (post oak, iron oak) is a North American species of oak in the white oak section. Quercus stellata is a slow growing oak that lives in dry poor soils, and is resistant to rot, fire, and drought. Interbreeding occurs among white oaks thus many hybrid species combinations occur.

Taxon biology ⁵

Fagaceae -- Beech family

John J. Stransky

Post oak (Quercus stellata), sometimes called iron oak, is a medium-sized tree abundant throughout the Southeastern and South Central United States where it forms pure stands in the prairie transition area. This slow-growing oak typically occupies rocky or sandy ridges and dry woodlands with a variety of soils and is considered drought resistant. The wood is very durable in contact with soil and used widely for fenceposts, hence, the name. Due to varying leaf shapes and acorn sizes, several varieties of post oak have been recognized-sand post oak (Q. stellata var. margaretta (Ashe) Sarg.), and Delta post oak (Quercusstellata var. paludosa Sarg.) are included here.

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(c) dogtooth77, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/53817483@N00/3921969684
(c) Bruce K. Kirchoff, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/kirchoff/em2287
(c) "<a href=""http://www.knps.org"">Kentucky Native Plant Society</a>. Scanned by <a href=""http://www.omnitekinc.com/"">Omnitek Inc</a>.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=qust_001_avd.tif
(c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_stellata
Adapted by Kate Severson from a work by (c) Unknown, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/22779414

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