Quercus georgiana

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	FAGALES	FAGACEAE

Scientific Name:

Quercus georgiana

Species Authority:

M.A.Curtis

Common Name/s:

English

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Georgia Oak

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered B1+2ce ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Nixon, K. <i>et al.</i>

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

–

Rare (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Small isolated subpopulations occupying an area less than 500 km².
Countries:	Native: United States (Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina)
Range Map:	Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Restricted to granite outcrops.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The impact of tourism is considerable on Stone Mt Drought; poor regeneration, soil erosion and compaction are all weakening the status of the species.

Major Threat(s):

The impact of tourism is considerable on Stone Mt Drought; poor regeneration, soil erosion and compaction are all weakening the status of the species.

Bibliography [top]

	Center for Plant Conservation (CPC). 1992. Printout of CPC's data for North American plants. Govaerts, R. 1994. Checklist of Quercus species world wide (unpublished). Nixon, K., Hess, W., Coombes, A. and Rodriguez, M. 1996. Discussions on the status of Quercus species in the Americas. Regional workshop for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Trees project. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

Center for Plant Conservation (CPC). 1992. Printout of CPC's data for North American plants.

Govaerts, R. 1994. Checklist of Quercus species world wide (unpublished).

Nixon, K., Hess, W., Coombes, A. and Rodriguez, M. 1996. Discussions on the status of Quercus species in the Americas. Regional workshop for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Trees project.

Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

Citation:	Nixon, K. et al. 1998. Quercus georgiana. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 June 2013.
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