Biology:Quercus breviloba

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Shallow-lobed oak
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Q. breviloba
Binomial name
Quercus breviloba
(Torr.) Sarg.

Quercus breviloba, commonly referred to as the bastard oak or shallow-lobed oak, is a species of oak tree[1] that grows in parts of the Southern United States and Northeastern Mexico.

Taxonomy

Synonymous names for the tree species include Quercus durandii var. breviloba (Torr.) Palmer and Q. sinuata var. breviloba (Torr.) C. H. Mull.[1][2]

Description

The Quercus breviloba tree grows to a height of 12 m, with an 81 cm diameter at breast height and gray flaking bark.[1] Leaves range from 3–8 cm long by 2–4.5 cm wide, with "broadly rounded and bristless" tips.[1] Leaf shapes are "narrowly obovate to oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic".[1] Twigs are glabrous or may have "scattered hairs".[1] Leaf undersides have "numerous minute sessile stelate hairs with horizonatally spreading rays".[1]

Distribution

Quercus breviloba grows in the states of Oklahoma and Texas ,[2][3] and the northern Mexico states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Duncan, Wilbur H.; Marion B. Duncan (1988). Trees of the Southeastern United States. Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia Press. pp. 275. ISBN 0-8203-1469-2. https://archive.org/details/treesofsoutheast00dunc. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "PLANTS Profile for Quercus sinuata var. breviloba (bastard oak)". PLANTS database. USDA. http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch?keywordquery=Quercus+breviloba&mode=sciname&submit.x=12&submit.y=8. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Quercus durandii var. breviloba | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?455067 | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 2009-07-28 }}

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7271334 entry