Biology:Quercus sadleriana
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Quercus |
| Section: | Quercus sect. Ponticae |
| Species: | Q. sadleriana
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| Binomial name | |
| Quercus sadleriana R.Br.ter
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Quercus sadleriana is a species of oak known by the common names Sadler's oak and deer oak. It is native to southwestern Oregon and northern California.
Description
Quercus sadleriana is an evergreen[2] shrub growing 1 to 3 meters (3 1⁄2 to 10 feet) tall from a root network with rhizomes. The leaves are reminiscent of chestnut leaves, oval with toothed edges and rounded, faintly pointed ends. It is monoecious.[3] The fruit is an acorn with a cap between 1 and 2 centimetres (1⁄2 and 3⁄4 inch) wide and a spherical or egg-shaped, round-ended nut up to 2 cm (3⁄4 in) long.[4][5]
Taxonomy
It is placed in section Ponticae.[6]
Distribution and habitat
It is native to southwestern Oregon and far northern California in the Klamath Mountains.[7] It grows in coniferous forests.[2]
Uses
The acorn is edible.[3]
References
- ↑ Beckman, E. (2016). "Quercus sadleriana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/78972401/78972404#assessment-information. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Quercus sadleriana", Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria, Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database, https://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Quercus+sadleriana
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Turner, Mark; Kuhlmann, Ellen (2014). Trees & Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest (1st ed.). Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 197. ISBN 978-1-60469-263-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=VLbAAwAAQBAJ.
- ↑ Nixon, Kevin C. (1997), "Quercus sadleriana", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 3, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233501081
- ↑ Brown, Robert (of Campster). 1871. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 4, volume 7: 249-250
- ↑ Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min; Hipp, Andrew L. (2017). "Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks" (xls). doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.5547622.v1. https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Appendix_2_1_________An_updated_infrageneric_classification_of_the_oaks/5547622/1.
- ↑ "Quercus sadleriana", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Quercus%20sadleriana.png
External links
- Template:Jepson Manual
- Quercus sadleriana in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
Wikidata ☰ Q3768940 entry
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