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FAGACEAE

Quercus turbinella Greene

Location: Arizona, US; Chiricahuas, 1 individual from south of Harris Mountain from a local population with greater than 20 individuals 7 miles north of Portal on San Simon Rd, n-facing low hillslopes, a short hike west. UTM: 671856, 3541940 (+/- 3m accuracy); Elevation: 1412m

Plant Attributes: 2m height shrub, fruiting

Habitat: north-facing limestone will with exposed bedrock

Associates: Juniperus monosperma, Opuntia engelmannii, O. phaeacantha, Fouquieria splendens, Aristida pupurea, Jatropha macrorhiza

Beth Fallon

# JCB-US-AZ-CH-TU (AZ-CH Q. turbinella)

July 20, 2012

Phylogeny of the oaks of the Americas: Diversification of an ecologically important clade across the tropical-temperate divide. (2012-2015 NSF Grant, DEB 114648)

Photographer: Albrecht, William. Publisher: Albrecht, William.

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MOR
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Quercus turbinella Greene (Quercus taxonomy)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith