List of Quercus species Totally Explained

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This is a list of Quercus species.==Subgenus Quercus==

Section Quercus

The white oaks (synonym sect. Lepidobalanus). Europe, Asia, north Africa, North America. Styles short; acorns mature in 6 months, sweet or slightly bitter, inside of acorn shell hairless.

Quercus alba - White Oak - eastern North America
Quercus aliena - Oriental White Oak - eastern Asia
Quercus arizonica - Arizona White Oak # - southwestern U.S., nw. Mexico
Quercus austrina - Bluff Oak - southeastern North America
Quercus berberidifolia - California Scrub Oak # - California
Quercus bicolor - Swamp White Oak - eastern & midwestern North America
Quercus boyntonii - Boynton's Post Oak - south central North America
Quercus chapmannii - Chapmann Oak # - southeastern North America
Quercus cornelius-mulleri - Muller Oak # - southwestern North America
Quercus copeyensis - # - Costa Rica, Panama
Quercus depressipes - Davis Mountain Oak # - Texas
Quercus dilatata - Moru Oak # - Himalaya
Quercus douglasii - Blue Oak - California
Quercus dumosa - Coastal Scrub Oak # - southern California
Quercus durata - Leather Oak # - California
Quercus engelmannii - Engelmann Oak # - southwestern California
Quercus faginea - Portuguese oak # - southwestern Europe
Quercus fusiformis - Texas Live Oak or Plateau Live Oak # - south central North America
Quercus gambelii - Gambel Oak - southwestern North America
Quercus garryana - Oregon White Oak or Garry Oak - western North America
Quercus geminata - Sand Live Oak # - southeastern North America
Quercus grisea - Gray Oak # - south central North America
Quercus havardii - Havard Oak, Shin Oak - south central North America
Quercus hinckleyi - Hinckley Oak # - Texas, northwestern Mexico
Quercus hondurensis - Honduras Oak # - Honduras
Quercus ilex - Holly Oak or Holm Oak # - southern Europe, northwestern Africa
Quercus intricata - Coahuila Scrub Oak # - two isolated localities in west Texas, northern Mexico
Quercus john-tuckeri - Tucker's Oak # - southwestern North America
Quercus laceyi - Lacey Oak - Edwards Plateau of Texas, northern Mexico
Quercus lanata - Woolly-leaved Oak # - Himalaya
Quercus leucotrichophora - Banj Oak # - Himalaya
Quercus lobata - Valley Oak or California White Oak - California
Quercus lusitanica - Gall Oak or Lusitanian Oak - Iberia, North Africa
Quercus lyrata - Overcup Oak - eastern North America
Quercus macrocarpa - Bur Oak - eastern and central North America
Quercus mohriana - Mohr Oak # - southwestern North America
Quercus michauxii - Swamp Chestnut Oak - eastern North America
Quercus minima - Dwarf Live Oak # - southeastern North America
Quercus mongolica - Mongolian Oak - eastern Asia
Quercus montana - Chestnut Oak - eastern North America (syn. Q. prinus)
Quercus muhlenbergii - Chinkapin Oak - eastern, central, and southwestern US (West Texas and New Mexico), northern Mexico
Quercus oblongifolia - Mexican Blue Oak # - southwestern U.S., nw. Mexico
Quercus oglethorpensis - Oglethorpe Oak - southeastern North America
Quercus peduncularis - # - Central America
Quercus petraea - Sessile Oak - Europe
Quercus polymorpha - Monterrey Oak # - Mexico and extreme S. Texas
Quercus prinoides - Dwarf Chinkapin Oak - eastern North America
Quercus pubescens - Downy Oak - Europe
Quercus pungens - Sandpaper Oak # - south central North America
Quercus robur - Pedunculate Oak or English Oak - Europe, West Asia
Quercus rugosa - Netleaf Oak # - southwestern U.S., nw. Mexico
Quercus sadleriana - Deer Oak # - sw. Oregon, northern California
Quercus stellata - Post Oak - eastern North America
Quercus toumeyi - Toumey Oak # - southwest New Mexico, southeastern Arizona, northern Mexico
Quercus turbinella - Shrub Live Oak or Scrub Live Oak # - southwestern North America
Quercus vaseyana - Vasey Oak # - southwestern North America
Quercus virginiana - Southern Live Oak # - southeastern North America

Section Mesobalanus

Europe, Asia, north Africa. Styles long; acorns mature in 6 months, bitter, inside of acorn shell hairless (closely related to sect. Quercus and sometimes included in it).

Quercus canariensis - Mirbeck's Oak or Algerian Oak # - North Africa & Spain

Quercus dentata - Daimyo Oak - eastern Asia

Quercus frainetto - Hungarian Oak or Italian Oak - southeastern Europe

Quercus macranthera - Caucasian Oak or Persian Oak - western Asia

Quercus pontica - Armenian Oak - western Asia

Quercus pyrenaica - Pyrenean Oak - southwestern Europe

Quercus vulcanica - Kasnak Oak - southwestern Asia

Section Cerris

Europe, Asia, north Africa. Styles long; acorns mature in 18 months, very bitter, inside of acorn shell hairless or slightly hairy.

Quercus acutissima - Sawtooth Oak - eastern Asia

Quercus alnifolia - Golden Oak # - Cyprus

Quercus calliprinos - Palestine Oak # - southwestern Asia

Quercus castaneifolia - Chestnut-leaved Oak - Caucasus, Iran (Persia)

Quercus cerris - Turkish Oak - southern Europe, southwestern Asia

Quercus coccifera - Kermes Oak # - southern Europe

Quercus libani - Lebanon Oak - southwestern Asia

Quercus macrolepis - Vallonea Oak # - southwestern Asia

Quercus semecarpifolia - Brown Oak or Kharshu Oak # - Himalaya

Quercus suber - Cork Oak # - southwestern Europe, northwestern Africa

Quercus trojana - Macedonian Oak # - southeastern Europe

Quercus variabilis - Chinese Cork Oak - eastern Asia

Section Protobalanus

The intermediate oaks. Southwest USA & northwest Mexico. Styles short, acorns mature in 18 months, very bitter, inside of acorn shell woolly.

Quercus cedrosensis - Cedros Island Oak # - Baja California

Quercus chrysolepis - Canyon Live Oak # - southwestern North America

Quercus palmeri - Palmer Oak # - sw. Oregon, California, western Arizona

Quercus tomentella - Island Oak # - California offshore islands

Quercus vaccinifolia - Huckleberry Oak # - southwestern North America

Section Lobatae

The red oaks (synonym sect. Erythrobalanus). North, Central & South America. Styles long, acorns mature in 18 months, very bitter, inside of acorn shell woolly.

Quercus acerifolia - Maple-leaved Oak or Mapleleaf Oak # - south central North America

Quercus agrifolia - Coast Live Oak # - California, northern Baja California

Quercus arkansana - Arkansas Oak - Southeastern North America

Quercus buckleyi - Texas Red Oak - southwestern North America

Quercus canbyi - Canby Oak or Mexican Red Oak # - Mexico

Quercus coccinea - Scarlet Oak - eastern North America

Quercus costaricensis - # - Costa Rica, Panama

Quercus cualensis - # - Mexico (Sierra Madre del Sur)

Quercus depressa - Mexico

Quercus eduardii - Mexico

Quercus ellipsoidalis - Northern Pin Oak - eastern North America

Quercus emoryi - Emory Oak # - southwestern U.S., northern Mexico

Quercus falcata - Southern Red Oak or Spanish Oak - southeastern North America

Quercus gravesii - Chisos Red Oak or Graves Oak - Mexico, southwestern North America (Texas)

Quercus graciliformis - Chisos Oak # - Extreme SW North America

Quercus georgiana - Georgia Oak - southeastern North America

Quercus hintoniorum - # - Mexico

Quercus hirtifolia - # - Mexico

Quercus humboldtii - Andean Oak # - northern South America (Colombia)

Quercus hypoleucoides - Silverleaf Oak # - southwestern North America

Quercus hypoxantha - # - Mexico

Quercus ilicifolia - Bear Oak - eastern North America

Quercus iltisii - # - Southern Mexico

Quercus imbricaria - Shingle Oak - eastern North America

Quercus incana - Bluejack Oak - southeastern North America

Quercus inopina - Sandhill Oak # - southeastern North America

Quercus kelloggii - California Black Oak - California, sw. Oregon

Quercus laevis - Turkey Oak - southeastern North America

Quercus laurifolia - Laurel Oak # - southeastern North America

Quercus laurina - # - Mexico

Quercus marilandica - Blackjack Oak - eastern North America

Quercus myrtifolia - Myrtle Oak # - southeastern North America

Quercus nigra - Water Oak # - eastern North America

Quercus palustris - Pin Oak - eastern North America

Quercus parvula - Santa Cruz Island Scrub Oak # - Santa Cruz Island California

Quercus phellos - Willow Oak - eastern North America

Quercus pumila - Runner Oak # - southeastern North America

Quercus rhysophylla - Loquat-leaf Oak # - Mexico

Quercus rubra - Northern Red Oak - eastern North America

Quercus salicifolia - # - Mexico

Quercus sapotifolia - # - southern Mexico, Central America

Quercus shumardii - Shumard Oak - southeastern North America

Quercus tardifolia - Lateleaf Oak # - two small clumps in Chisos Mountains of Texas

Quercus texana - Nuttall's Oak - south central North America (Lower Mississippi River Valley)

Quercus velutina - Black Oak or Eastern Black Oak or Dyer's Oak - eastern North America

Quercus wislizenii - Interior Live Oak # - California

Quercus xalapensis - # - Mexico
Subgenus Cyclobalanopsis
The cluster-acorn oaks (synonym genus Cyclobalanopsis). Eastern and southeastern Asia. They are distinct from subgenus Quercus in that they've acorns with distinctive cups bearing concrescent rings of scales; they commonly also have densely clustered acorns, though this doesn't apply to all of the species. About 150 species.
Selected species

Quercus acuta - Japanese Evergreen Oak. # Japan, Korea.

Quercus albicaulis - # China.

Quercus argentata - # Malaysia, Indonesia.

Quercus argyrotricha - # Guizhou (China).

Quercus augustinii - # China, Vietnam.

Quercus austrocochinchinensis - # China, Vietnam, Thailand.

Quercus austroglauca - # China.

Quercus bella - # China.

Quercus blakei - # China, Vietnam, Laos.

Quercus camusiae - # China, Vietnam.

Quercus championii - # China, Taiwan.

Quercus chapensis - # China, Vietnam.

Quercus chevalieri - # China, Vietnam.

Quercus chingsiensis - # China.

Quercus chungii - # China.

Quercus daimingshanensis - # China.

Quercus delavayi - # China.

Quercus delicatula - # China.

Quercus dinghuensis - # China.

Quercus disciformis - # China.

Quercus edithiae - # China, Vietnam.

Quercus elevaticostata - # Fujian (China).

Quercus fleuryi - # China, Vietnam, Laos.

Quercus gambleana - # China, India.

Quercus gemelliflora - # Malaysia, Indonesia.

Quercus gilva - # Japan, Taiwan, China.

Quercus glauca - Ring-cupped Oak. # From Afganistan to Japan and Vietnam.

Quercus glaucoides - # China.

Quercus helferiana - # China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

Quercus hondae - # Kyushu (Japan).

Quercus hui - # China.

Quercus hypophaea - # Taiwan.

Quercus jenseniana - # China.

Quercus jinpinensis - # China.

Quercus kerrii - Kerr's Oak. # Vietnam, Thailand, possibly China.

Quercus kiukiangensis - # China.

Quercus kouangsiensis - # China.

Quercus lamellosa - # Himalaya.

Quercus lineata - # Malaysia, Indonesia.

Quercus litoralis - # China.

Quercus litseoides - # China.

Quercus lobbii - # China, India.

Quercus longinux - # Taiwan.

Quercus lowii - # Borneo.

Quercus lungmaiensis - # Yunnan (China).

Quercus merrillii - # Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia), Palawan (Philippines).

Quercus morii - # Taiwan.

Quercus motuoensis - # China.

Quercus multinervis - # China.

Quercus myrsinifolia - Bamboo-leaf Oak. # China, Japan, Korea, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.

Quercus neglecta - # China, Vietnam.

Quercus ningangensis - # China.

Quercus obovatifolia - # China.

Quercus oxyodon - # Assam, Myanmar, China, Bhutan, Nepal.

Quercus pachyloma - # China, Taiwan.

Quercus patelliformis - # China.

Quercus pentacycla - # China.

Quercus phanera - # China.

Quercus poilanei - # China, Vietnam, Thailand.

Quercus rex - # China, Vietnam, India, Laos, Myanmar.

Quercus salicina - # Japan, South Korea.

Quercus saravanensis - # China, Laos, Vietnam.

Quercus semiserrata - # China, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Thailand.

Quercus sessilifolia - # Japan, Taiwan, China.

Quercus sichourensis - # Yunnan (China).

Quercus stenophylloides - # Taiwan.

Quercus stewardiana - # China.

Quercus subhinoidea - # China.

Quercus subsericea - # Malaysia, Indonesia.

Quercus thorelii - # China, Laos, Vietnam.

Quercus tomentosinervis - # China.

Quercus treubiana - # Sumatra, Borneo.

Quercus xanthotricha - # China, Laos, Vietnam.

Quercus yingjiangensis - # China.

Quercus yonganensis - # China.Further Information
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Everything about White Oaks totally explained

Section Quercus

Section Mesobalanus

Section Cerris

Section Protobalanus

Section Lobatae

Subgenus Cyclobalanopsis