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|accepted_name=Quercus similis
|accepted_authority=Ashe
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc.
|place=40: 43. 1924
|year=1924
}}
|common_names=Swamp post oak
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Species
|authority=Sterret
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|name=Variety
|authority=Sargent
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|hierarchy=Fagaceae;Quercus;Quercus sect. Quercus;Quercus similis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fagaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Quercus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Quercus sect. Quercus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Quercus similis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="tree duration;tree some measurement;trunk quantity;trunk course"><b>Trees,</b> deciduous, to 25 m, with single straight trunk.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="bark coloration;bark architecture or pubescence"><b>Bark </b>brown, scaly.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="twig coloration;twig diameter;twig pubescence"><b>Twigs </b>grayish, 2-3 mm diam., persistently tomentulose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="bud coloration;bud shape;bud some measurement;apex shape;apex shape;apex pubescence"><b>Buds </b>brown, ovoid, 2-3 mm, apex acute or rounded, proximally pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="petiole some measurement"><b>Leaves:</b> petiole 3-10 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade atypical length;leaf-blade atypical length;leaf-blade length;leaf-blade atypical width;leaf-blade width;base shape;base shape;margin prominence or shape;margin shape;lobe architecture;lobe shape;lobe shape;lobe shape;lobe shape;secondary-vein quantity;apex shape;apex shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blade obovate or narrowly obovate, (50-) 75-120 (-150) × 50-65 (-80) mm, base rounded-attenuate or acute, margins flat, shallowly 2-3-lobed on each side, lobes usually simple, oblong or rounded, rarely spatulate, not cruciform, secondary-veins 3-5 on each side, apex broadly ovate or acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="surface coloration;surface architecture or function or pubescence;surface arrangement or shape;surface coloration;surface reflectance;surface arrangement or shape">surfaces abaxially grayish, sparsely glandular and sparsely appressed-stellate, adaxially dark green, glossy, sparsely stellate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="acorn quantity;acorn architecture"><b>Acorns </b>1-3, subsessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="cup width;cup width;scale fixation or orientation;scale coloration;scale pubescence">cup 6-7 mm deep × 10-13 mm wide, scales closely appressed, grayish, finely tomentulose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="nut coloration;nut coloration;nut shape;nut shape;nut length;nut width;nut pubescence;nut pubescence">nut light-brown or dark reddish-brown, ovoid or oblong, 12-16 × 8-12 mm, puberulent or glabrate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="cotyledon fusion"><b>Cotyledons </b>distinct.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Forests in wet stream bottoms, flatwoods, river valleys
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;S.C.;Tex.
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Quercus similis
|author=
|authority=Ashe
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Species;Variety
|basionyms=
|family=Fagaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Forests in wet stream bottoms, flatwoods, river valleys
|elevation=0-300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;S.C.;Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc.
|publication year=1924
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Quercus
|section=Quercus sect. Quercus
|species=Quercus similis
|acorn architecture=subsessile
|acorn quantity=1;3
|apex pubescence=pubescent
|apex shape=acute;ovate;rounded;acute
|bark architecture or pubescence=scaly
|bark coloration=brown
|base shape=acute;rounded-attenuate
|bud coloration=brown
|bud shape=ovoid
|bud some measurement=2mm;3mm
|cotyledon fusion=distinct
|cup width=×10-13;6mm;7mm
|leaf-blade atypical length=120mm;150mm
|leaf-blade atypical width=65mm;80mm
|leaf-blade length=75mm;120mm
|leaf-blade shape=obovate;obovate
|leaf-blade width=50mm;65mm
|lobe architecture=simple
|lobe shape=not cruciform;spatulate;rounded;oblong
|margin prominence or shape=flat
|margin shape=2-3-lobed
|nut coloration=dark reddish-brown;light-brown
|nut length=12mm;16mm
|nut pubescence=glabrate;puberulent
|nut shape=oblong;ovoid
|nut width=8mm;12mm
|petiole some measurement=3mm;10mm
|scale coloration=grayish
|scale fixation or orientation=appressed
|scale pubescence=tomentulose
|secondary-vein quantity=3;5
|surface architecture or function or pubescence=glandular
|surface arrangement or shape=stellate;appressed-stellate
|surface coloration=dark green;grayish
|surface reflectance=glossy
|tree duration=deciduous
|tree some measurement=0m;25m
|trunk course=straight
|trunk quantity=single
|twig coloration=grayish
|twig diameter=2mm;3mm
|twig pubescence=tomentulose
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