Date: July 28 2015
Creator: Lobdell, Matt
Type: Photographic image
Description:A photo of the habitat of
Quercus oglethorpensis (Oglethorpe oak) taken during plant exploration work in Bienville National Forest, Central Mississippi in support of the APGA/USFS Tree Gene Conservation Partnership. Much of this district was utilized for timber production (hence the profusion of
Pinus taeda or loblolly pine in the area).
Q. oglethorpensis is the lighter-barked tree in the foreground, generally occurring here along roadsides, streams, or breaks in the canopy.