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Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

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Quercus imbricaria Michx.

Fagaceae

MC ME North America (USA: Kansas to Wisconsin to New York, Oklahoma to Georgia)

MC ME

M[L]

hel [hyg] mes xer calc [acid] neut

dr (Cherokee used bark for antiseptic, chapped skin, chill, chronic disentery, fever, general sores, general tonic, indigestion, lost voice, milky urine, mouth sores) ti (clapboards, shingles)

Erythrobalanus imbricaria (Michx.) O.Schwarz Quercus aprica Raf. Quercus imbricaria var. inaequalifolia Kuntze Quercus imbricaria var. spinulosa A.DC. Quercus latifolia Steud. Quercus phellos var. imbricaria (Michx.) A.DC.

shingle oak; jack oak p.p., laurel oak p.p., northern laurel oak, pin oak p.p.

chêne imbriqué; chêne à feuilles de laurier du nord, chêne à feuilles de laurier p.p., chêne à lattes

quercia imbricata (italian); Schindeleiche (german)

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Latin name	Quercus imbricaria Michx.
Family	Fagaceae
Distribution	MC ME North America (USA: Kansas to Wisconsin to New York, Oklahoma to Georgia)
North America distribution zone	MC ME
Height	M[L]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel [hyg] mes xer calc [acid] neut
Use	dr (Cherokee used bark for antiseptic, chapped skin, chill, chronic disentery, fever, general sores, general tonic, indigestion, lost voice, milky urine, mouth sores) ti (clapboards, shingles)
Synonym	Erythrobalanus imbricaria (Michx.) O.Schwarz Quercus aprica Raf. Quercus imbricaria var. inaequalifolia Kuntze Quercus imbricaria var. spinulosa A.DC. Quercus latifolia Steud. Quercus phellos var. imbricaria (Michx.) A.DC.
English name	shingle oak; jack oak p.p., laurel oak p.p., northern laurel oak, pin oak p.p.
French name	chêne imbriqué; chêne à feuilles de laurier du nord, chêne à feuilles de laurier p.p., chêne à lattes
Spanish name
Other name	quercia imbricata (italian); Schindeleiche (german)
Trade name