Introductory
SPECIES: Quercus phellos | Willow Oak 



ABBREVIATION : 
QUEPHE

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   QUPH


COMMON NAMES : 
   willow oak
   peach oak
   pin oak
   swamp willow oak


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of willow oak is Quercus phellos
L. [21,30].  It has been placed within the subgenus Erythrobalanus or
black (red) oak group.  There are no recognized varieties, subspecies, or
forms.  Willow oak hybridizes with the following species [21,30]:

  x Q. velutina (black oak):  Q. X. filialis Little
  x Q. falcata (southern red oak):  Q. X. ludoviciana Sarg.
  x Q. ilicifolia (bear oak):  Q. X. giffordii Trel.
  x Q. marilandica (blackjack oak):  Q. X. rudkinii Britton
  x Q. nigra (water oak):  Q. X. capesii W. Wolf
  x Q. palustris (pin oak):  Q. X. schociana Dieck
  x Q. rubra (northern red oak):  Q. X. heterophylla Michx. f.
  x Q. shumardii (Shumard oak):  Q. X. moultonensis Ashe
  x Q. incana (bluejack oak)
 


LIFE FORM : 
Tree

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Jennifer H. Carey, September 1992


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Carey, Jennifer H. 1992. Quercus phellos. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Quercus phellos | Willow Oak