Quercus rugosa

Quercus rugosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species: Q. rugosa
Binomial name
Quercus rugosa
Née 1801 not (Masam.) J.C. Liao 1991
Natural range of Quercus rugosa
Synonyms[1]

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.

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).

Description

Quercus rugosa is an evergreen shrub or tree.[2] Bark is brown and scaly. Leaves are thick and leathery, rarely flat, usually cupped, up to 15 cm (6 inches) long, dark green on the top but covered with a thick of reddish-brown hairs on the underside.[3][4] Young leaves are also very hairy and usually red or yellow.

Leaves and acorns

Distribution

It is widespread in Mexico, Guatemala and the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas).[5][6][7][8][9] It grows extensively in the temperate highlands of central Mexico, particularly on hillsides and in narrow gorges. It is associated and usually coexists with other oaks, alders, pines and Texas madrones.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Quercus rugosa Née
  2. ↑ CONABIO, Quercus rugosa
  3. ↑ Flora of North America, Quercus rugosa Née, 1801. Netleaf oak
  4. ↑ Née, Luis. 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3(9): 275 short diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in Spanish
  5. ↑ USDA, NRCS (2008). "Quercus rugosa". The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
  6. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  7. ↑ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, arizona chapter
  8. ↑ McVaugh, Rogers. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93.
  9. ↑ Romero Rangel, S., E. C. Rojas Zenteno & M. L. Aguilar Enríquez. 2002. El género Quercus (Fagaceae) en el estado de México. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89(4): 551–593
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