Quercus durandii

Family:FAGACEAE
Species:Quercus durandii Buckley
Common Name:Bastard Oak; Durand's Oak
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Tree
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:
  • Bastard Oak (aka Bastard White Oak) is a medium sized native deciduous tree in the Beech family (FAGACEAE). It occurs primarily in western Alabama and in the Black Belt region of Central Alabama. Bastard Oak occurs in prairies, in limestone woodlands, in pastures, and on fence rows in areas underlain by limestone. It is a medium sized tree reaching heights of 60-90 feet and a trunk diameter of 2-3 feet. Occasional individuals have multiple trunks. The bark is gray to whitish in thin loosely appressed plates. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, oblong to rhomboid or oblanceolate in outline. The margins are variously entire, sparsely toothed, or shallowly lobed. The upper surface of the leaf is dark green and glabrous, the lower leaf surface is silvery to dull green with scattered 8-10-rayed stellate hairs. The leaves turn yellowish brown before leaf fall in the autumn. Male flowers are produced in greenish-yellow drooping catkins. Female flowers are solitary or paired on short spikes. The fruit is a nut. The acorns have a shallow flattened cup with greenish-gray scales with a reddish margin. The acorns mature in one year. Bastard Oak wood is dense and heavy, but brittle. It is a relatively rare species in Alabama and its wood is usually mixed with that of other white oaks. This species is sometimes listed as Quercus sinuata Walter variety sinuata. Bastard Oak is sometimes cultivated as a shade tree. It is available from some nurseries. Bastard Oak prefers full sun and a clay soil. It is drought tolerant once established.
  • The national champion Bastard Oak is located in Greene County.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:
  • Named in honor of Elias Durand (1794-1873), an American pharmacist and botanist
  • Buckley (1809-1884) cited Wilcox County in the protologue for the type material but no Buckley specimen is currently known in varoius museum collections from that county. This necessitated the designation of a neotype from adjacent Dallas County by Dorr & Nixon in 1985.
Status:Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyFAGACEAE - Beech family
Genus Quercus
Species Quercus durandii Buckley - Bastard Oak; Durand's Oak

Citation

Citation Quercus durandii Buckley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 445. 1860 [1861].
Basionym: **
Type: USA: ALABAMA: Dallas Co.: 12 mi W of Selma (NA; INT: USCB-M) Neotypified by Dorr & Nixon, Taxon 34(2): 218. 1985.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Quercus sinuata var. sinuata    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Clarke, Colbert, Cullman, Dallas, Escambia, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo, Mobile, Montgomery, Morgan, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Washington, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1882 - 2022

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
AUA000037426 Montgomery 9 Sep 2018 Birkhead, Roger
AUA
Quercus Durandii Buckley
UNA00032364 Hale _ Aug 1895 Duggan, Dr.
s.n.
UNA
Quercus sinuata Walt.
UNA00032384 Hale 30 Jun 1966 Maginness, Sherrie E.
384
UNA
Quercus breviloba (Torr.) Sarg.
UWAL0039534 Lowndes 01 May 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28253
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckley
UNA00032389 Sumter 31 Jul 1968 Thomas, Joab L.
1759
UNA
Quercus breviloba (Torr.) Sarg.
UWAL0017385 Marengo 07 Jul 2013 England, J. Kevin
4361
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckley
UWAL0051960 Morgan 12 May 2021 England, J. Kevin
12014
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckley
UNA00032359 Bibb 03 Mar 1882 Mohr, Charles
s.n.
UNA
Quercus breviloba (Torr.) Sarg.
UWAL0056023 Colbert 21 Aug 2022 Lance, Ron
4000
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckley
UWAL0001688 Clarke 04 Aug 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6142
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckl.
UWAL0007752 Butler 25 Aug 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20896
UWAL
Quercus sinuata Walt.
UNA00053483 Tuscaloosa 08 Nov 1968 Thomas, Joab L.
1862
UNA
Quercus sinuata Walt. var. sinuata
TROY000038546 Washington 04 May 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7196
TROY
Quercus durandii Buckley
UWAL0053063 Morgan 06 Jun 2020 Thompson, Joey
1167
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckley
ALNHS00002199 Bibb 26 Jun 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1082
ALNHS
Quercus sinuata Walt.
UWAL0007753 Marengo 19 Sep 2008 England, J. Kevin
1149
UWAL
Quercus sinuata Walt. var. sinuata
UWAL0056011 Lowndes 23 Sep 2022 Lance, Ron
4025
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckley
JSU124401 Sumter 3 May 1972 Kral, Robert
46255
JSU
Quercus sinuata Walter
UWAL0007755 Sumter 20 May 1998 White, James E.
B-131
UWAL
Quercus sinuata Walt. var. sinuata
TROY000032619 Wilcox 20 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6012
TROY
Quercus durandii Buckley
UNA00032369 Bibb _ Mar 1883 Hansberger, J.
s.n.
UNA
Quercus sinuata Walt.
TROY000020066 Bibb 17 May 1980 Kral, Robert
65130
TROY
Quercus sinuata Walter
UWAL0012692 Marengo 01 Oct 2011 England, J. Kevin
3191
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckley
ALNHS00007729 Marengo 29 JUN 2022 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5779
ALNHS
Quercus durandii Buckl.
UNA00053913 Blount 26 Jul 1997 Keener, Brian R.
285
UNA
Quercus sinuata Walt.
TROY000040565 Marengo 01 Oct 2011 England, J. Kevin
3191
TROY
Quercus durandii Buckley
UWAL0009225 Blount 17 Oct 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6226
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckl.
TROY000029489 Butler 25 Aug 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20896
TROY
Quercus sinuata Walter
TROY000020067 Blount 25 Jul 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1348
TROY
Quercus sinuata Walter
UNA00056448 Tuscaloosa 05 Oct 1908 Harper, Roland M.
114
UNA
Quercus sinuata Walt. var. sinuata
AUA_ACC_70852 Wilcox 20 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6012
AUA
Quercus Durandii Buckley
TROY000015103 Sumter 18 Jun 2005 Kral, Robert
96595
TROY
Quercus sinuata Walter
UWAL0011589 Bullock 31 Aug 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1183
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckley
UNA00032339 Hale 01 Jun 1893 Mohr, Charles
s.n.
UNA
Quercus breviloba (Torr.) Sarg.
UNA00073470 Greene 22 May 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1015
UNA
Quercus sinuata Walt.
TROY000046385 Lowndes 01 May 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28253
TROY
Quercus durandii Buckley
UWAL0001579 Pickens 03 Oct 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6199
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckl.
UNA00032354 Bibb 15 Jun 1883 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.
UNA
Quercus breviloba (Torr.) Sarg.
UNA00032296 Hale 03 May 1966 Maginness, Sherrie E.
215
UNA
Quercus breviloba (Torr.) Sarg.
UWAL0030790 Mobile 07 Mar 2015 Horne, Howard E.
2784
UWAL
Quercus sinuata Walter
ALNHS00001905 Greene 22 May 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1015
ALNHS
Quercus sinuata Walt.
UWAL0007754 Sumter 07 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1360
UWAL
Quercus sinuata Walt. var. sinuata
TROY000034996 Blount 17 Oct 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6225
TROY
Quercus durandii Buckley
AUA_ACC_71204 Greene 22 May 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP1015
AUA
Quercus Sinuata Walt.
UNA00032349 Blount 13 May 1898 Mohr, Charles
s.n.
UNA
Quercus breviloba (Torr.) Sarg.
UWAL0056015 Colbert 21 Aug 2022 Lance, Ron
4001
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckley
TROY000019995 Marengo 19 Sep 2008 England, J. Kevin
1149
TROY
Quercus sinuata Walter
UNA00032291 Hale 22 Apr 1966 Maginness, Sherrie E.
191
UNA
Quercus breviloba (Torr.) Sarg.
AUA000043006 Cullman 13 Nov 1919 Wolf, Wolfgang
AUA
Quercus Sinuata Walt. Var. Sinuata
UNA00032720 Bibb 18 Aug 1967 Thomas, Joab L.
1154
UNA
Quercus sinuata Walt.
AUA_ACC_70521 Pickens 3 Oct 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6199
AUA
Quercus Sinuata Walt.
UWAL0057050 Dallas 12 Jun 2022 England, Kevin J.
13042
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckley
UWAL0001056 Wilcox 20 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6012
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckl.
UNA00032344 Blount 26 Jun 1895 Mohr, Charles
s.n.
UNA
Quercus breviloba (Torr.) Sarg.
UNA00073471 Bibb 26 Jun 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1082
UNA
Quercus sinuata Walt.
UWAL0057439 Escambia 04 Sep 2021 Lance, Ron
4052
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckley
UWAL0010666 Washington 04 May 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7196
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckl.
TROY000044224 Montgomery 07 Aug 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27606
TROY
Quercus durandii Buckley
ALNHS00003193 Wilcox 20 Apr 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1733
ALNHS
Quercus sinuata Walt.
TROY000041037 Tuscaloosa 04 Oct 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7559
TROY
Quercus durandii Buckley
UWAL0053034 Morgan 08 Oct 20210 Thompson, Joey
1268
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckley
ALNHS00007728 Marengo 29 JUN 2022 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5779
ALNHS
Quercus durandii Buckl.
UWAL0037544 Bibb 15 Jun 1992 Allison, James (Jim) R.
6735
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckley
TROY000036180 Bullock 31 Aug 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1183
TROY
Quercus durandii Buckley
UWAL0056014 Lowndes 23 Sep 2022 Lance, Ron
4026
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckley
UWAL0009224 Blount 17 Oct 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6225
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckl.
UWAL0011932 Tuscaloosa 04 Oct 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7559
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckley
ALNHS00003938 Wilcox 15 Jul 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1827
ALNHS
Quercus sinuata Walt.
UNA00001104 Bibb 29 Apr 1980 McDaniel, Sidney
23546
UNA
Quercus sinuata Walt. var. sinuata
TROY000032157 Pickens 03 Oct 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6199
TROY
Quercus durandii Buckley
UWAL0039348 Montgomery 07 Aug 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27606
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckley
UNA00058409 Blount 25 Jul 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1348
UNA
Quercus sinuata Walt. var. sinuata
AUA_ACC_25779 Dallas 3 Sep 1969 Kral, Robert
36898
AUA
Quercus Sinuata Walt. Var. Sinuata
UWAL0056017 Colbert 21 Aug 2022 Lance, Ron
4002
UWAL
Quercus durandii Buckley
SAMF0002217 Tuscaloosa 04 Oct 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7559
SAMF
Quercus durandii Buckley
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