Quercus carmenensis
Appearance
Quercus carmenensis | |
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Scientific 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
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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
[edit]- ^ NRCS. "Quercus carmenensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Quercus carmenensis". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- ^ Muller, Cornelius Herman. 1937. American Midland Naturalist 18(5): 847.
- ^ 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.