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|accepted_name=Quercus falcata
|accepted_authority=Michaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Hist. Chênes Amér., no.
|place=16, plate 28. 1801
|year=1801
}}
|common_names=Southern red oak;Spanish oak;chêne rouge
|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 digitata
|authority=Sudworth
|rank=species
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|name=Quercus falcata var. triloba
|authority=(Michaux) Nuttall
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Fagaceae;Quercus;Quercus sect. Lobatae;Quercus falcata
|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 falcata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> deciduous, to 30 m. <b>Bark</b> dark brown to black, narrowly fissured with scaly ridges, inner bark orange. <b>Twigs</b> reddish brown, (1-)1.5-3.5(-4.5) mm diam., pubescent. <b>Terminal</b> buds light reddish brown, ovoid, 4-8 mm, puberulent throughout. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 20-60 mm, glabrous to sparsely pubescent. <b>Leaf</b> blade ovate to elliptic or obovate, 100-300 × 60-160 mm, base rounded or U-shaped, margins with 3-7 deep lobes and 6-20 awns, terminal lobe often long-acuminate, much longer than lateral lobes, apex acute; surfaces abaxially sparsely to uniformly tawny-pubescent, adaxially glossy and glabrous or puberulent along midrib, secondary veins raised on both surfaces. <b>Acorns</b> biennial; cup saucer-shaped to cup-shaped, 3-7 mm high × 9-18 mm wide, covering 1/3-1/2 nut, outer surface puberulent, inner surface pubescent, scale tips tightly appressed, acute; nut subglobose, 9-16 × 8-15 mm, often striate, puberulent, scar diam. 5-10 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Dry or sandy upland sites
|elevation=0-800 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>Native Americans used <i>Quercus falcata</i> in various ways to treat indigestion, chronic dysentery, sores, chapped skin, chills and fevers, lost voice, asthma, milky urine, and as an antiseptic, a tonic, and an emetic (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p><!--
--><p><i>Quercus falcata</i> reportedly hybridizes with <i>Q. ilicifolia</i> (= Q. ×caesariensis Moldenke), <i>Q. imbricaria</i>, <i>Q. incana</i>, <i>Q. laevis</i>, <i>Q. laurifolia</i> (= Q. ×beaumontiana Sargent), and <i>Q. marilandica</i> (E. J. Palmer 1948); with <i>Q. nigra</i>, and <i>Q. pagoda</i> (S. A. Ware 1967; R. J. Jensen 1989); and with <i>Q. phellos</i>, <i>Q. shumardii</i>, <i>Q. hemisphaerica</i>, and <i>Q. velutina</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Quercus falcata
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Quercus digitata;Quercus falcata var. triloba
|basionyms=
|family=Fagaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Dry or sandy upland sites
|elevation=0-800 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Hist. Chênes Amér., no.
|publication year=1801
|special status=W1;Endemic;Illustrated
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_452.xml
|genus=Quercus
|section=Quercus sect. Lobatae
|species=Quercus falcata
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