Biology:Quercus rugosa

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Short description: Species of oak tree

Quercus rugosa
Quercus rugosa.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Quercus
Section: Quercus sect. Quercus
Species:
Q. rugosa
Binomial name
Quercus rugosa
Née
Quercus rugosa range map 1.png
Natural range of Quercus rugosa
Synonyms[2]

Quercus rugosa, commonly known as the netleaf oak, is a broad-leaved tree in the beech and oak family Fagaceae. It is native to southern North America.

Description

Quercus rugosa is an evergreen shrub or tree.[3] The bark is brown and scaly. The leaves are thick and leathery, rarely flat, usually cupped, up to 15 centimetres (6 inches) long, dark green on the top but covered with a thick of reddish-brown hairs on the underside.[4][5] The young leaves are also very hairy and usually red or yellow.

Leaves and acorns

Name

Quercus rugosa is Latin for "wrinkled oak". In Spanish it has many common names, like "encino negro" (black oak) or "encino quiebra hacha" (axe-breaking oak). Colloquially it is known as "chaparro", a word which has also passed into the lexicon as slang for a short person.

Distribution

It is widespread in Mexico, Guatemala and the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas ).[6][7][8][9][10] It grows extensively in the temperate highlands of central Mexico, particularly on hillsides and in narrow gorges, between 1,800 and 2,900 meters elevation.[1] It is associated and usually coexists with other oaks, alders, pines and Texas madrones.

See also

  • Madrean pine-oak woodlands
  • Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q980721 entry