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|accepted_name=Quercus pumila
|accepted_authority=Walter
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Carol.,
|place=234. 1788
|year=1788
}}
|common_names=Runner oak
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Fagaceae;Quercus;Quercus sect. Lobatae;Quercus pumila
|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. Lobatae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Quercus pumila]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="shrub duration;shrub duration;shrub some measurement"><b>Shrubs,</b> deciduous or tardily deciduous, to 1 m.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="bark coloration;bark coloration;bark coloration"><b>Bark </b>gray to dark-brown.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="twig coloration;twig coloration;twig coloration;twig diameter;twig pubescence"><b>Twigs </b>gray-brown to reddish-brown, 1-2 mm diam., sparsely to uniformly pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="terminal bud coloration;terminal bud coloration;terminal bud coloration;terminal bud shape;terminal bud some measurement;terminal bud pubescence;terminal bud pubescence;scale margin architecture or pubescence or shape"><b>Terminal </b>buds brown to redbrown, ovoid, 2.5-4.5 mm, glabrous or with ciliate scale margins.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="petiole some measurement;petiole pubescence"><b>Leaves:</b> petiole 1.5-4.5 mm, pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade length;leaf-blade width;base shape;base shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;margin shape or vernation;apical awn quantity;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blade oblong to narrowly obovate, 25-100 × 10-33 mm, base acute to rounded, margins entire, revolute, with 1 apical awn, apex acute or obtuse to rounded;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="surface coloration;surface pubescence;surface pubescence;surface shape;surface relief;surface pubescence;surface pubescence;hair arrangement">surfaces abaxially uniformly gray-brown pubescent, rarely glabrate, adaxially somewhat convex, rugose, glabrous or with scattered hairs along midrib.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="acorn duration"><b>Acorns </b>annual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="cup shape;cup shape;cup shape;cup width;cup width;nut quantity;outer surface pubescence;inner surface pubescence;scale shape or vernation;scale relief;tip fixation or orientation;tip shape">cup deeply saucer-shaped to turbinate, 5-12 mm high × 10-15 mm wide, covering 1/3-1/2 (-2/3) nut, outer surface pubescent, inner surface densely pubescent, scales rarely involute, often tuberculate, tips tightly appressed, acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="nut shape;nut shape;nut shape;nut shape;nut length;nut width;nut pubescence;scar diam">nut globose to ovoid or broadly oblong, 9.5-15 × 9-12 mm, glabrate, scar diam. 5-8 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Dry sandy soils of savannahs, low ridges and oak-pine scrub, occasionally at margins of poorly drained sites
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.
|discussion=<p>Although no hybrid combinations have been formally proposed, D. M. Hunt (1989) has reported evidence of hybridization with Quercus hemisphaerica, Q. incana, Q. myrtifolia, and Q. phellos.</p>
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name=Quercus pumila
|author=
|authority=Walter
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Fagaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Dry sandy soils of savannahs, low ridges and oak-pine scrub, occasionally at margins of poorly drained sites
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Carol.,
|publication year=1788
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated;Weedy
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V3/V3_271.xml
|genus=Quercus
|section=Quercus sect. Lobatae
|species=Quercus pumila
|acorn duration=annual
|apex shape=obtuse;rounded
|apical awn quantity=1
|bark coloration=gray;dark-brown
|base shape=acute;rounded
|cup shape=deeply saucer-shaped;turbinate
|cup width=×10-15;5mm;12mm
|hair arrangement=scattered
|inner surface pubescence=pubescent
|leaf-blade length=25mm;100mm
|leaf-blade shape=oblong;narrowly obovate
|leaf-blade width=10mm;33mm
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|margin shape or vernation=revolute
|nut length=9.5mm;15mm
|nut pubescence=glabrate
|nut quantity=1/3;1/2-2/3
|nut shape=globose;ovoid or broadly oblong
|nut width=9mm;12mm
|outer surface pubescence=pubescent
|petiole pubescence=pubescent
|petiole some measurement=1.5mm;4.5mm
|scale margin architecture or pubescence or shape=ciliate
|scale relief=tuberculate
|scale shape or vernation=involute
|scar diam=5mm;8mm
|shrub duration=deciduous;deciduous
|shrub some measurement=0m;1m
|surface coloration=gray-brown
|surface pubescence=with scattered hairs;glabrous;glabrate;pubescent
|surface relief=rugose
|surface shape=convex
|terminal bud coloration=brown;redbrown
|terminal bud pubescence=with ciliate scale margins;glabrous
|terminal bud shape=ovoid
|terminal bud some measurement=2.5mm;4.5mm
|tip fixation or orientation=appressed
|tip shape=acute
|twig coloration=gray-brown;reddish-brown
|twig diameter=1mm;2mm
|twig pubescence=pubescent
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