| Quercus incana | |
| Author | W.Bartram 1791 Travels Carolina 378, 403 |
| Synonyms | brevifolia Sarg. 1895, nom. illeg. cinerea Michx. 1903 phellos var. brevifolia Lam. 1785 verrucosa Raf. 1838 |
| Local names | bluejack oak ; sandjack oak ; |
| Range | SE USA (Louisiana, Texas) ; to 250m; |
| Growth habit | 6 m tall; sometimes in dense thickets; trunk narrow (nearly 12-25 cm in diameter); |
| Leaves | 5-10 x 1.2-2.5 cm; narrowly oboval to elliptic; leathery, thick; apex rounded with short tooth; base rounded or attenuate; entire; shiny blue green above; grey green tomentose beneath; leaves on young twigs or on suckers often have toothed margin; petiole tomentose 2-8 cm long; |
| Flowers | |
| Fruits | acorn globose
1.5 cm in diameter; striate; sessile; brown; apex hairy; cup deep, enclosing
1/3 to 1/2 of nut, with pale tomentose scales; |
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Bark, twigs and |
bark
blackish, rough, strongly furrowed, broken into square plates; twig brown
tomentose; bud conical, brown, with hairy scales; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | not quite hardy (withstands -15°C); prefers dry, sandy soils; slow-growing; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A.Camus : n° 412; -- Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, subsection Phellos; -- Hybrids with : Q.falcata (= Q.x subintegra), Q.laurifolia (= Q.x atlantica), Q.laevis (= Q.x asheana), Q.marilandica (= Q.x cravenensis), Q.nigra (= Q.x caduca), Q.velutina (= Q.x podophylla) ; |
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