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Apalachicola National Forest Flora Field Guide
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FIELD GUIDE


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Dominant Flora of the Ground Cover
in Pine Forests of the Apalachicola National Forest
Genus/Species Quercus pumila Common Name Running Oak
Family FAGACEAE Acronym RUOA
Description Shrubs 1-2 m tall, leaves with pale gray hairs on lower surface, petiole of leaf blade hairy, generally not toothed, edges rolled under; buds at tip of twigs, 3-5 mm long, ovoid-conic with a point.


Last Updated: October 3, 1997



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