Check this on your tree: Terminal buds dark purplish brown, ovoid to subconic, 2-6 mm, noticeably 5-angled in cross section. Believe saw this id'd as Unknown Oak at one time. Endemic to FL and considered uncommon. If ID correct is special find.Quercus inopina?
aka, Florida scrub oak, sandhill oak
When i look up inopina this does not look like inopina. These leaves noticeable come to multiple points on my tree. I can get a picture tomorrow.Check this on your tree: Terminal buds dark purplish brown, ovoid to subconic, 2-6 mm, noticeably 5-angled in cross section. Believe saw this id'd as Unknown Oak at one time. Endemic to FL and considered uncommon. If ID correct is special find.
Well, in between other things, I perused lists of oak species. The following four species are definite possibilities. These 4 are all native to southern Florida, and have leaves vaguely close to your photo.
Quercus minima - the dwarf live oak, leaves look right, range is right, definitely a possibility.
Quercus myrtifolia - Myrtle oak - leaves are close, maybe yes, maybe no - range is right.
Quercus virginiana - leaves aren't perfect fit, but the range is right, there is a fair amount of variability in the leaves of virginiana.
Quercus pumila - runner oak - definitely a possibility, range is right. Don't know if they get trunks the diameter you have.
Looks exactly like my Georgia Oak Q. georgiana. Wonder of photog made mistake?What about Quercus laurifolia? Leaves can have various size lobes and points (almost spines) at the tips of the lobes. It is in the "Red Oak" group, so pointy tips to lobes of leaves is normal. Some of the examples have simple leaves with no lobes or points, and some specimens can have 5 lobes, and all the possibilities in-between. Trees can get big, bark looks similar.
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Agreed.The slightly revolute margins and variable leaf morphology indicate Virginiana to me.