| Quercus scytophylla | |
| Author |
Liebm. 1854 Overs. Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Forh. Medlemmers Arbeider 1854: 180 Diagnosis here |
| Synonyms | campanariensis Trel.1924 Diagnosis here epileuca Trel. 1924 Diagnosis here incarnata Trel. 1924 Diagnosis here |
| Local names | Encino
amarillo |
| Range | Mexico (Chiapas,
Guerrero, Mexico, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Jalisco, Durango,
Sinaloa, Sonora) ; 800-2600 m ; |
| Growth habit | 6-20 m tall, trunk to 30-60 cm or more; |
| Leaves | 6-12 x 3-6 cm;
deciduous or weakly persistent; oboval or oblong-oboval; thick, subcoriaceous;
very rough; apex pointed, with aristate tooth; base acute or attenuate,
sometimes oblique; margin thick, flat, cartilaginous, serrate-dentate
with 3-5 pairs of teeth with 0.5-4 mm long bristled tips; greyish green
above, dull, glabrous or with multiradiate and sometimes glandular trichomes
near base of midrib; densely whitish tomentose beneath with 20-40 rayed
trichomes and golden glandular hairs; 8-10 vein pairs prominent beneath,
and impressed above; epidermis abaxially whitish, dull and papillose;
petiole 1-1.7 cm long; |
| Flowers | in February; staminate carkins 3-5 cm, loosely few-flowered; pistillate flowers pubescent, 1-2 on a short rachis 3-10 mm long; |
| Fruits | acorn 1-1.7
cm long, 0.9 cm in diameter; solitary or paired on a 2-5 mm long peduncle;
cup halfround 10-12 mm in diameter, enclosing 1/4 or 1/3 of nut; maturing
in 2 years in October; |
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Bark, twigs and |
bark
scaly; twigs 1.5-2.5 mm thick, dark brown, becoming glabrous, with numerous
inconspicuous lenticels; buds obtuse, ovoid, 2-3 mm long; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | not quite hardy (?); all types of soils; |
| Miscellaneous |
-- A. Camus : n° 301; |
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