Quercus chihuahuensis Trel.

Chihuahuan oak (en), Chêne de chihuahua (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Quercus

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees , deciduous, to 10 m. Bark gray, furrowed, checkered, or scaly. Twigs gray, 2-3(-4) mm diam., densely tomentose. Buds reddish brown, broadly ovoid, distally rounded, 2-2.5 mm, densely yellowish pubescent; scales gray-puberulent; stipules persistent, 1-4, subulate, pubescent, at base of terminal buds. Leaves: petiole 3-5(-8) mm. Leaf blade elliptic or oblong to ovate or obovate, (25-)40-50(-85) × (18-)20-30(-50) mm, base rounded or shallowly cordate, margins entire or toothed to sublobate, secondary veins 8 to 10 on each side, somewhat branching, apex broadly rounded to acute; surfaces abaxially yellowish or grayish, densely stellate with velvety hairs, adaxially green, sparsely soft-pubescent with prominent, spreading, stellate hairs, felty to touch, secondary veins somewhat prominent on both surfaces, even under dense tomentum. Acorns 1-3 on tomentose peduncle 15-35(-60) mm; cup hemispheric, 7-10 mm deep × 10-15 mm wide, enclosing 1/2 nut, scales proximally thickened, distally appressed, densely gray-puberulent, tips reddish, ultimately glabrate; nut ovoid, 14-18 × 10-12 mm, puberulent, eventually glabrate. Cotyledons connate.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 8.0 - 10.0
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Environment

Dry soils in open grassy hills, thornscrubs, mesquite-grasslands, pine-oak forests and limestone hills; at elevations from 400-2,700 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-7

Usage

Uses dye medicinal timber wood
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 120 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
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Minimum temperature (C°) -18
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Images

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Distribution

Quercus chihuahuensis world distribution map, present in United States of America

Conservation status

Quercus chihuahuensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:215666-2
WFO ID wfo-0000290119
COL ID 4R4KZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Quercus chihuahuensis Quercus infralutea Quercus jaliscensis Quercus santaclarensis Quercus chihuahuensis f. amplifolia Quercus chihuahuensis f. microphylloides Quercus chihuahuensis f. tenuis