| Quercus fusiformis | |
| Author | Small 1903 |
| Synonyms | virginiana
var. fusiformis (Small) Sarg.1918 virginiana ssp fusiformis (Small) E.Murray 1983 virginiana var. macrophylla Sarg. 1918 oleoides var. quaterna C.H.Muller 1951 |
| Local names | plateau
oak ; Texas live oak ; escarpment live oak ; scrub live oak ;
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| Range | Texas,
Oklahoma ; Mexico ; 0-1200 m ; |
| Growth habit | reaches 25 m, but also
spreading shrub 1.5-3 m tall; |
| Leaves | 2.5-9 x 2.4 cm; evergreen; oblong
lanceolate; pointed; grey green, usually glabrous and bright above; pale, blue
green tomentose beneath; margin entire or often with 1-3 teeth, weakly revolute;
petiole tomentose 2-8 mm long; |
| Flowers | spring |
| Fruits | acorn spindle-shaped 2-2.5 cm long, on 3-30 mm long peduncle; cup greyish, rounded or top-shaped, 1 cm in diameter, covering 1/3 of nut; cotyledons connate; |
| Bark, twigs and | bark
as in Q.virginiana (blackish brown, scaly); twigs light grey, slightly
tomentose; bud dark brown, oval, 1.5-3 mm long; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy;
all types of soils, but prefers calcareous ones; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 172; -- section Quercus; sub-section Virentes; -- For some Authors, it is a variety of Q.virginiana , very closely related to. -- In the southern part of its range, Q.fusiformis is likely to form hybrid-complex with Q.oleoides Schltdl.& Cham, named by C.H.Muller "Q.oleoides var. quaterna"; -- moreover, Q.fusiformis is close also to Q.brandegei Goldmann, endemic to Baja California (Mexico). |
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