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Quercus aristata | |
Author | Hook. & Arn. 1841 Bot. Beechey Voy. 444 1841. |
Synonyms | productipes Trel. 1924 Diagnosis here |
Local names | |
Range | Mexico (Nayarit,
Jalisco, Sinaloa, Aguas Calientes); 250-1700 m; |
Growth habit | tree, not exceeding 10 m tall; trunk to 30-40 cm in diameter; |
Leaves | 3-15 cm long,
2-7 cm wide; evergreen; leathery, stiff; elliptic-oblong; apex obtuse
with short bristle-tipped tooth; base cuneate or rounded; margin entire,
thick, slightly revolute, not lobed nor toothed, with |
Flowers | male catkins 5-10 cm long; 1-6 female flowers, on a 2-3 cm long peduncle; |
Fruits | acorn 1-1.5
cm long, ovoid, pubescent, 1-2 together; nearly stalkless cup enclosing
1/3 to 1/2 of nut, with velutinous, appressed scales; maturing in 1 year; |
Bark, twigs and |
bark scaly, dark grey; twig light brown, 2-5 mm thick, pubescent at first; bud ovoid, obtuse, 3-6 mm long, dark brown, with ciliate scales; deciduous stipules; |
Hardiness zone, habitat | not hardy (?); prefers rocky, dry soils; |
Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 332; -- Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, Series Erythromexicanae; -- Closely related to Q.sapotifolia; |
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