Quercus georgiana M.A.Curtis

Georgia and around (Piedmont Plateau), South Carolina, Alabama; 50-500 m;

3-5 m tall; may reach 9 m; crown dense, spreading;

5-10 x 2.5-5 cm; semi-evergreen or tardily deciduous; ovate to elliptic or obovate; apex pointed, base cuneate; margin deeply cut by 2-5 pairs of triangular, pointed, bristle-tipped lobes; shiny green, glabrous above; paler beneath with conspicuous tufts of hairs in the axils of veins; petiole glabrous 0.6-2.3 cm long;

spring;

acorn rounded, 1-1.2 cm in diameter; mucronate; brown; solitary or paired; sessile or on a very short peduncle; cup scaly, very shallow; maturing in 2 years;

hardy zone 5; all types of soils, but prefers dry, lime-free, sunny sites; slow-growing;

– A. Camus : n° 423; – Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, sub-section Phellos; – Rare. Threatened (IUCN Red List Category : EN) – Discovered at Stone Mountains, Georgia ; – Hybridizes with Q.marilandica (= Q.x smallii Trel.) ;