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Quercus ilicifolia is a deciduous tree or shrub growing occasionally reaching a height of 6 meters (20 feet) but usually much smaller. [4] [5] It is gangly and can form a dense thicket. The plant grows from a large taproot, which reach 20 centimeters (8 inches) in thickness. The taproot lives a long time, producing several generations of above ...
Coahuila scrub oak (Quercus intricata), in the US, it is reported at only two sites: One in the Chisos Mountains inside Big Bend National Park, and the other 15 miles SW of Van Horn. Gambel oak (Quercus gambelii) [note 1] Gray oak (Quercus grisea), in the mountains of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Emory oak (Quercus emoryi)
Quercus agrifolia, the California live oak, [3] or coast live oak, is an evergreen [4] live oak native to the California Floristic Province.Live oaks are so-called because they keep living leaves on the tree all year, adding young leaves and shedding dead leaves simultaneously rather than dropping dead leaves en masse in the autumn like a true deciduous tree. [5]
In the 1700s, a young botanist scandalized some by discussing “birds and bees” of pollination, and awarding Latin names to plants and animals.
The genus Quercus contains about 500 known species, plus about 180 hybrids between them. [1] The genus, as is the case with many large genera, is divided into subgenera and sections. Traditionally, the genus Quercus was divided into the two subgenera Cyclobalanopsis, the ring-cupped oaks, and Quercus, which included
Quercus alba - Eastern White Oak; Quercus bicolor - Swamp White Oak; Quercus coccinea - Scarlet Oak; Quercus ilicifolia - Scrub Oak; Quercus macrocarpa - Bur Oak; Quercus montana - Chestnut Oak
Quercus garryana (Garry oak) Quercus ilicifolia (Bear oak) Quercus imbricaria (Shingle oak) Quercus macrocarpa (Bur oak) Quercus montana (Chestnut oak) Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinquapin oak) Quercus palustris (Pin oak) Quercus prinoides (Dwarf chinquapin oak) Quercus robur (English oak) - introduced; Quercus rubra (Northern red oak) Quercus ...
Quercus cerris [1] Quercus coccinea; Quercus dentata; Quercus ellipsoidalis; Quercus faginea; Quercus frainetto [1] Quercus glandulifera; Quercus ilicifolia; Quercus ilex, Hardines Zone: 7 - 10, not hardy. Quercus imbricaria; Quercus liaotungensis; Quercus macranthera; Quercus macrocarpa; Quercus mongolica; Quercus mongolica var. grosseserrata ...