Taxon: Quercus marilandica Münchh.

Common names:

• blackjack oak   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Fuels: charcoal; fuelwood   (fide AH 519)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide AH 519, for RR-ties)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Quercus marilandica from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana [s.], New Jersey, New York, Ohio [s.], Pennsylvania, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa [s.], Kansas [e.], Missouri, Nebraska [s.e.], Oklahoma
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida [n.], Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

References:

• Brown, C. L. & L. K. Kirkman. 1990. Trees of Georgia and adjacent states. (Trees Georgia)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales. (L Fagales) [lists as Q. marilandica (L.) Munchh.].
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US)
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Quercus marilandica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Quercus marilandica. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Quercus marilandica Münchh.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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