| Quercus scytophylla | |
| Author | Liebm. 1854 |
| Synonyms | campanariensis
Trel.1924 epileuca Trel. 1924 incarnata Trel. 1924 |
| 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 bullate 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; |
| 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; |
| Subspecies and varieties | |
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