Hydrangea quericifolia
Hydrangea quericifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Cornales Family: Hydrangeaceae Genus: Hydrangea Species: H. quercifolia
Binomial name
Hydrangea quercifolia Bartram

The Oakleaf hydrangea is a hydrangea native to the United States. "The oakleaf hydrangea was first discovered and named by John Bartram in the latter half of the 1700s, while he and his son William were exploring southern Georgia and Florida" [1] Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families See text The Cornales are an order of flowering plants, basal among the asterid group of dicotyledons. ... A family of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups linked through descent (demonstrated or stipulated) from a common ancestor, marriage or adoption. ... Genus Broussaisia Carpenteria Decumaria Deutzia Fendlera Fendlerella Hydrangea Jamesia Philadelphus Schizophragma Whipplea Hydrangeaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known for one of its members, the Hydrangea. ... Species See text Hydrangea (scientific name: Hydrangea, pronounced: haidréindÊ’iÉ™) is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants native to southern and eastern Asia (from Japan to China, the Himalaya and Indonesia) and North and South America. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... Species See text Hydrangea (scientific name: Hydrangea, pronounced: haidréindÊ’iÉ™) is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants native to southern and eastern Asia (from Japan to China, the Himalaya and Indonesia) and North and South America. ...

A hydrangea quericifolia found at Longwood Gardens

One of the premiere botanical gardens in the United States, Longwood Gardens consists of 1,050 acres (4. ...

External links

• http://www.gwf.org/oakleaf%20hydrangea.htm
• http://www.paghat.com/oakleafhy.html
• http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=plant_profile.cgi&symbol=HYQU3