Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Quercus falcata

Spanish oak, southern red oak
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

Spanish oak, southern red oak

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Quercus falcata

Familia:

Fagaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

tree

Tamaño:

60-80 ft tall by 60-70 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

Color de la fruta:

brown

Fenología:

deciduous

Destacado por:

Fall Color

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Shade tree.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries, Seed

Propagación:

Seed.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Usually moist, occasional inundation -a- Very long very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand

pH del suelo:

Acidic

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B

Las zonas del USDA se basan en la temperatura mínima extrema invernal anual promedio.

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
Vouchered
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals

Host plant for the banded hairstread, Edward's hairstreak, Grey Hairstreak, white-mouth hairstreak, white-M hairstreak ( Parrhasius m-album ) Horace's Duskywing, and Juvenal's duskywing butterflies.

The acorns are eaten by woodpeckers, blue jays, white-breasted nuthatches, American crows and wild turkey





Attracts small mammals including squirrels, white-tailed deer and black bear.

Hábitats nativos:

Pine-oak-hickory woods, dry bluffs, sinks, secondary woods.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

Like most oaks, the leaves are highly variable with leaves in the upper parts of the tree generally being more finely divided.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

BONAP Plant Atlas. (2014). Quercus falcata [range map].( https://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Quercus%20falcata.png ). Accessed 2025. Biota of North America Program, Chapel Hill, NC.


Burns, Russell M., and Barbara H. Honkala [Technical coordinators]. (1990). Silvics of North America: Volume 2. Hardwoods. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook 654. ( https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/1548 ). Accessed 2026.


Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell. (1999). Native Florida Plants. Gulf Publishing Company. Houston, TX.


Huegel, Craig N. (2010). Native Plant Landscaping for Florida Wildlife. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Minno, Marc, and Maria Minno. (1999). Florida Butterfly Gardening: A Complete Guide to Attracting, Identifying, and Enjoying Butterflies. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


University of Tennessee Extension Service. (2010). Desired pH Range and salt tolerance of common nursery plants. ( https://plantsciences.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/10/Desired-pH-Range-List.pdf ). Accessed 2026. University of Tennessee Extension, Knoxville.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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