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Quercus laevis is a small tree, sometimes shrubby, typically only 8–10 meters (26–33 feet) tall, though occasionally reaching 28 m (92 ft).The leaves are variable in size, mostly 10–17 centimeters (4– 6 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches) long but occasionally just 8 cm (3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) or as much as 30 cm (12 in) long.
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)
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 myrtifolia, the myrtle oak, [3] is a North American species of oak. It is native to the southeastern United States ( Mississippi , Alabama , Florida , Georgia , South Carolina ). It is often found in coastal areas on sandy soils.
An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus Quercus of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn , borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere ; it includes some 500 species, both deciduous and evergreen .
Quercus sect. Quercus has been known, either in whole or part, by a variety of names in the past, including Quercus sect. Albae, Quercus sect. Macrocarpae and Quercus sect. Mesobalanus. Members of the section may be called white oaks. The section includes all white oaks from North America (treated by Trelease as subgenus Leucobalanus). [2]
Quercus hypoleucoides, the silverleaf oak or the whiteleaf oak, is a North American species of oak tree or shrub. It grows in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It grows in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
The Valonia oak was first described as the species Quercus macrolepis by Carl Friedrich Kotschy in 1860. It was reduced to a subspecies of Quercus ithaburensis in 1981. [ 1 ] Within the oak genus, Q. ithaburensis is classified in the subgenus Cerris , section Cerris , which includes Quercus cerris , the Turkey oak, and related species.