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|accepted_name=Quercus laevis
|accepted_authority=Walter
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Carol.,
|place=234. 1788
|year=1788
}}
|common_names=Turkey oak
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W1
|label=
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|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Quercus catesbaei
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Fagaceae;Quercus;Quercus sect. Lobatae;Quercus laevis
|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 laevis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees </b>or shrubs, deciduous, to 20 m. <b>Bark</b> bluish gray, deeply furrowed, inner bark orangish or reddish. <b>Twigs</b> dark reddish brown with distinct grayish cast, (1.5-)2-3.5(-4) mm diam., sparsely pubescent to almost glabrous. <b>Terminal</b> buds light brown to reddish brown, conic or narrowly ovoid-ellipsoid, 5.5-12 mm, pubescent. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 5-25 mm, glabrous. <b>Leaf</b> blade circular or broadly ovate-elliptic, widest near or proximal to middle, 100-200 × 80-150 mm, base attenuate to acute, occasionally obtuse or rounded, blade decurrent on petiole, margins with 3-7(-9) lobes and 7-20 awns, lobes attenuate to falcate, occasionally oblong or distally expanded, apex acute to acuminate; surfaces abaxially occasionally orange-scurfy, usually glabrous except for conspicuous axillary tufts of tomentum, adaxially glabrous, secondary veins raised on both surfaces. <b>Acorns</b> biennial; cup somewhat goblet-shaped, 9-14 mm high × 16-24 mm wide, covering 1/3 nut, outer surface puberulent, inner surface pubescent, scales occasionally tuberculate, tips loose, especially at margin of cup, acute, margin conspicuously involute; nut ovoid to broadly ellipsoid, 17-28 × 12-18 mm, often faintly striate, glabrate, scar diam. 6-10 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering early to mid spring.
|habitat=Dry sandy soils of barrens, sandhills, and well-drained ridges
|elevation=0-150 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Quercus laevis</i> reportedly hybridizes with <i>Q. falcata</i> (= Q. ×blufftonensis Trelease), <i>Q. hemisphaerica</i>, <i>Q. incana</i>, and <i>Q. marilandica</i> (C. S. Sargent 1918); with <i>Q. nigra</i>; and with <i>Q. arkansana</i>, <i>Q. coccinea</i>, <i>Q. myrtifolia</i>, <i>Q. phellos</i>, <i>Q. shumardii</i>, and <i>Q. velutina</i> (D. M. Hunt 1989).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Quercus laevis
|authority=Walter
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Quercus catesbaei
|basionyms=
|family=Fagaceae
|phenology=Flowering early to mid spring.
|habitat=Dry sandy soils of barrens, sandhills, and well-drained ridges
|elevation=0-150 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Carol.,
|publication year=1788
|special status=W1;Endemic;Illustrated
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_90.xml
|genus=Quercus
|section=Quercus sect. Lobatae
|species=Quercus laevis
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