Quercus sinuata Walter var. breviloba (Torr.) C.H. Mull.  

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National Distribution:
United States

Origin: Unknown/Undetermined

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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National NatureServe Conservation Status:
United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

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NatureServe Conservation Status:

Rounded Global Status Rank: T4 - Apparently Secure

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Quercus breviloba:

Quercus breviloba, commonly referred to as the shallow-lobed oak, is a species of oak tree[1] that grows in parts of the Southern United States and Northeastern Mexico.



Taxonomy[edit]

Synonymous names for the tree species include Quercus durandii var. breviloba (Torr.) Palmer and Q. sinuata var. breviloba (Torr.) C. H. Mull.[1][2]

Description[edit]

The Quercus breviloba tree grows to a height of 12 m, with an 81 cm diameter at breast height and gray flaking bark.[1]Leaves range from 3-8 cm long by 2-4.5 cm wide, with "broadly rounded and bristless" tips.[1]Leaf shapes are "narrowly obovate to oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic".[1]Twigs are glabrous or may have "scattered hairs".[1] Leaf undersides have "numerous minute sessile stelate hairs with horizonatally spreading rays".[1]

Distribution[edit]

Q. breviloba grows in the states of Oklahoma and Texas,[2][3] and the northern Mexico states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Duncan, Wilbur H.; Marion B. Duncan (1988). Trees of the Southeastern United States. Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia Press. p. 275. ISBN 0-8203-1469-2. 
  2. ^ a b "PLANTS Profile for Quercus sinuata var. breviloba (bastard oak)". PLANTS database. USDA. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 
  3. ^ a b "Quercus durandii var. breviloba information from NPGS/GRIN". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 2009-07-28. 
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