Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Quercus L.

Family: Fagaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Quercus (Tourn.) L., Possibly Quercus (Marsh.) Ashe.

Common names:

Chêne (1785, French) (8)

Ha-wish (1855, Navajo) (132)

Mitigó-minš (1932, Chippewa) (105)

Mitigo'mizinc (1928, Chippewa) (40)

Nu-su'-pi (1855, Choctaw) (132)

Oak (1814-Present) (1, 4, 7, 10, 40, 50, 82, 92, 93, 106, 109, 155, 158, 167)

Oui-pun'-go'k (1855, Delaware) (132)

Red oak (1932) (1)

Suh (1855, Kioway) (132)

Wah'-bah-co-me-shi' (1855, Shawnee) (132)

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