Introductory
SPECIES: Quercus marilandica | Blackjack Oak



ABBREVIATION : 
QUEMAR

SYNONYMS : 
   Quercus neoashei Bush


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   QUMA3


COMMON NAMES : 
   blackjack oak
   black jack oak
   black oak
   jack oak
   scrub oak
   barren oak


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of blackjack oak is Quercus
marilandica Muenchh. [28].  Blackjack oak has been placed within the
subgenus Erythrobalanus, or red (black) oak group [49].  There are no
recognized subspecies, varieties, or forms.

Blackjack oak hybridizes with the following species [28]:

  x Q. falcata (southern red oak)
  x Q. geogiana (Georgia oak):  Q. X smallii Trel.
  x Q. ilicifolia (bear oak):  Q. X brittonii W. T. Davis
  x Q. imbricaria (shingle oak):  Q. X tridentata (A. DC.) Engelm.
  x Q. incana (bluejack oak):  Q. X cravenensis Little
  x Q. nigra (water oak):  Q. X sterilis Trel.
  x Q. phellos (willow oak):  Q. X rudkinii Britton
  x Q. rubra (northern red oak)
  x Q. shumardii (Shumard oak):  Q. X hastingsii Sarg.
  x Q. velutina (black oak):  Q. X bushii Sarg.
  x Q. laurifolia (laurel oak):  Q. X diversiloba Tharp ex A. Camus


LIFE FORM : 
Tree

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


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


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


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

Related categories for Species: Quercus marilandica | Blackjack Oak