| Quercus peninsularis | |
| Author |
Trel. 1924 Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 124 Diagnosis here |
| Synonyms | |
| Local names | Peninsular
Oak ; |
| Range | Baja
California in Mexico (Sierra Juarez ), to 3000 m ; |
| Growth habit | 4-10
m tall, but often smaller (1-4 m); |
| Leaves | 5-8
cm; lanceolate, flat; leathery; pointed, base rounded or truncate; margin
entire with 2-5 pairs of teeth; shiny green above, with some yellowish,
large, stellate hairs; tufts of dense hairs beneath, at leaf axils; petiole
5-10 mm, hairy; |
| Flowers | staminate
flowers on hairy, 3 cm long catkins; |
| Fruits | acorn
1.5 cm, ovoid; pointed; stalkless; cup scaly, pale brown, hairy inside
and outside, enclosing 1/3 of nut; maturing in 1 year; |
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Bark, twigs and |
bark
reddish; twigs slender, hairy; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy
in zone 7-8; valleys in mountains, canyons; |
| Miscellaneous | --
Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, Series Erythromexicanae; -- Resembles Q.cedrosensis (which has smaller leaves), Q.chrysolepis (which has smaller, bicoloured leaves, greater acorns) and Q.agrifolia (which has dark green convex leaves, tomentose beneath); |
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