Quercus pumila Walter

SE USA; Florida; Louisiana; E Texas; 0-100 m;

seldom exceeding 1 m (may reach 1.8 m); bushy, spreading around with underground runners;

2.5-10 x 0.5-3 cm; deciduous; oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic; apex pointed often ending in small tooth; base rounded or slightly acute; margin entire, often rolled under; shiny dark green, hairless, convex above; grey brown, densely pubescent beneath, seldom glabrescent; pétiole hairy, 2-5 mm long;

acorn 1.2-2 cm; subglobose; striate; enclosed 1/3 by top-shaped cup; cup with appressed, greyish pubescent scales; maturing in 1 year;

not hardy; prefers dry, sandy soils;

– A. Camus : n° 411; – Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, sub-section Phellos; – The name Q.elliottii has been given to Q.pumila by Wilbur in 2002 under the pretext that the latin diagnosis made by Walter in 1788 was not complete, but the neotype choosen by Wilbur is actually a hybrid between Q.falcata and Q.phellos. ..