Quercus tardifolia C.H.Mull.

Lateleaf oak (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Quercus

Characteristics

Trees , evergreen. Bark gray, furrowed. Twigs dark reddish brown, 1.5-2.5 mm diam., densely pubescent. Terminal buds brown or reddish brown, ellipsoid or ovoid, 3.5-5.5 mm, apex hairy, scales with ciliate margins. Leaves: petiole 10-20 mm, pubescent or glabrate. Leaf blade broadly elliptic or obovate, widest at or distal to middle, planar, 50-100 × 20-70 mm, base cordate or occasionally rounded, margins with 3-4 lobes with shallow sinuses, 6-12 awns, apex acute or obtuse; surfaces abaxially conspicuously tomentose, primary and secondary veins raised, adaxially somewhat rugose, glabrate. Acorns biennial, immature acorns in pairs, mature acorns not known.
Life form
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Usage

Uses -
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 120 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:216457-2
WFO ID wfo-0000293569
COL ID 4R68Y
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Quercus tardifolia