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Taxon

Quercus phellos L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 994. 1753 [1 Mai 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Quercus phellos--NC. Duke Univ. OTS Office. 11 Oct 03. 002.jpg

Quercus phellos--NC. Duke Univ. OTS Office. 11 Oct 03. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Quercus phellos--NC. Duke Univ. OTS Office. 11 Oct 03. 006.jpg

Quercus phellos--NC. Duke Univ. OTS Office. 11 Oct 03. 006.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Quercus phellos--NC. Duke Univ. OTS Office. 11 Oct 03. 003.jpg

Quercus phellos--NC. Duke Univ. OTS Office. 11 Oct 03. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Quercus phellos--NC. Duke Univ. OTS Office. 11 Oct 03. 005.jpg

Quercus phellos--NC. Duke Univ. OTS Office. 11 Oct 03. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Quercus phellos--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 099.jpg

Quercus phellos--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 099.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Quercus phellos--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 103.jpg

Quercus phellos--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 103.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Quercus phellos--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 102.jpg

Quercus phellos--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 102.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Quercus phellos--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 100.jpg

Quercus phellos--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 100.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

October 11, 2003

Location

United States, North Carolina

Location Remarks

Duke Univ OTS Office

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

October 11, 2003

Location

United States, North Carolina, Durham (Sarah P. Duke Gardens)

Location Remarks

127 Anderson St. (Campus Dr.)(WestCampus of Duke Univ.), Durham. (There is a good map on the website)

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fagales

Family

Fagaceae

Genus

Quercus

Specific Epithet

phellos

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.0

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#300,096 of 335,497

Top 90%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →