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Quercus carmenensis

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Quercus carmenensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. carmenensis
Binomial name
Quercus carmenensis

Quercus carmenensis, the Mexican oak,[1] is a tree species native to Brewster County, Texas, and Coahuila, Mexico. It grows in pine-oak forests at elevations of 1,500–1,950 metres (4,920–6,400 feet). It is a deciduous species with gray bark and red twigs. The leaves are lanceolate with irregular lobing along the margins.[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ NRCS. "Quercus carmenensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Quercus carmenensis". The Encyclopedia of Life.
  3. ^ Muller, Cornelius Herman. 1937. American Midland Naturalist 18(5): 847.
  4. ^ Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus carmenensis". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
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