Biology:Quercus deserticola

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Short description: Species of oak tree

Quercus deserticola
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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. deserticola
Binomial name
Quercus deserticola
Trel.
Synonyms[2]
  • Quercus alveolata Trel.
  • Quercus bipedalis Trel.
  • Quercus tamiapensis C.H.Mull.
  • Quercus texcocana Trel.

Quercus deserticola is a Mexican species of oaks in the beech family. It grows in central Mexico in the States of Guanajuato, México, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Querétaro, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Puebla, and Michoacán.[3][4]

Description

Quercus deserticola is a shrub or small tree sometimes as much as 7 metres (23 feet) in height, with gray bark. The twigs are yellow-green and densely hairy. The leaves are oblong, hairy, semi-leathery, up to 85 millimetres (3 14 inches) long, sometimes toothless but other times with 2–5 teeth on either side, the teeth sometimes arranged asymmetrically.[4]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6323891 entry