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Know Your Natives – Overcup Oak
Overcup Oak Overcup Oak (Quercus lyrata) is a species of oak in the White Oak Group. It favors bottomland forests and is tolerant of wet, clay soils. This oak is identified by the cup, which often completely encloses the acorn. … Continue reading
Posted in Know Your Natives, Native Plants, Trees
Tagged Acorn, Fagaceae, Oak, Overcup Oak, Quercus lyrata, White Oak Group
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Ouachita Huckleberries in the Rain
A group of die-hard native plant lovers met in Crystal Springs on a rainy May 16 in pursuit of black huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata), the only true huckleberry in Arkansas. Arkansas Native Plant Society (ANPS) members in attendance were Susan Hooks, … Continue reading
Posted in Field Trips, Native Plants, Shrubs, Trees, Wildflowers
Tagged Apocynaceae, Black Huckleberry, Carex, Castanea, Castanea ozarkensis, Cyperaceae, Ericaceae, Fagaceae, Fourleaf milkweed, Gaylussacia baccata, Magnolia, Magnoliaceae, National Forest Service, Ozark Chinquapin, Vaccinium
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Neat Plant Alert: Compton Oak
Arkansas tree lovers will be interested to hear about an unusual hybrid oak that can be seen in all its tardily deciduous glory (it looks rather evergreen ) in the Heights neighborhood of Little Rock. Like most genera with a … Continue reading
Posted in Plant Alert
Tagged Compton Oak, Fagaceae, Oak, Quercus, Quercus x comptoniae, Tree
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