Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Quercus pumila

running oak, runner oak
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

running oak, runner oak

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Quercus pumila

Familia:

Fagaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

shrub

Tamaño:

Typically 3 to 6 ft high, sometime higher, and forming clones.

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

green (inconspicuous)

Color de la fruta:

brown

Fenología:

Evergreen. Blooms early spring (inconspicuous). Fruits ripen the second fall. Clonal, a likely adaptation to fire.

Destacado por:

Hurricane Wind Resistance

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Forms a low thicket with many sprouts from  underground stems.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries, Seed

Propagación:

Seed or as nursery-grown sapplings. Small stems may difficult to transplant from the wild.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

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

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Not wet but not extremely dry -a- Somewhat 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

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Acreditado en:

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

Ecología

Fauna:

Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals

Larval host  for Horace's duskywing (Erynnis horatius), red-banded hairstreak ( Calycopis cecrops ) and white-M hairstreak ( Parrhasius m-album ) butterflies.





 

Small mammals, including squirrels, use the acorns.





 Provides significant food and cover for wildlife.





The acorns are utilized by squirrels.





An important food source for the Florida scrub-jay as the tannins in the nuts help it remain edible through the winter; scrub-jays may also use it for nesting and perching

Hábitats nativos:

Scrub, scrubby flatwoods, scrubby sandhill.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Friends of Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park. (2021). Plant Checklist. ( https://friendsofkissimmeeprairiepreserveinc.wildapricot.org/Checklists-&-Links ). Accessed 2026.


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.


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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