White Oaks (section Quercus) of the Lake Wales Ridge
White oaks typically have more obtuse buds, leaf blades without awns or bristles, and sweeter acorns maturing in one year.
9. Quercus margarettae
A white oak commonly called Dwarf Post Oak, Sand Post Oak, and formerly called Quercus stellata var. margarettae Sarg.
Sand Post Oak may not produce seeds for the first 30 years. As with many oaks, this species hybridizes easily and often shows much variation in form and leaf shape.
15. Leaf blades mostly deeply lobed, the sinuses ⅓ or more as long as the distance from the midrib to the leaf blade margin 16. Leaf blades pubescent on the lower surface (at least in the veins axils) and not whitish 17. Lobes of leaf blades mostly rounded, scarcely or not mucronate. 18. Mature leaf blades densely to sparsely pubescent on the lower surface 19. Young twigs glabrous to sparsely pubescent; larger leaf blades mostly 9 cm long or less, the stellate hairs of the lower surface with 2-6 rays
Cogongrass Hand Removal (each)
Hand-pull each clump of Cogongrass, including root.
It resists decay while in soil. As a result, it is used widely for fence posts.
Which explains its name: Sand Post Oak