Quercus laceyi
| Lacey oak | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Section: | Quercus |
| Species: | Q. laceyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus laceyi Small 1901 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Quercus laceyi, the Lacey oak, is a small to medium-size deciduous oak tree which is native to northeastern Mexico (Coahuila and Nuevo León) and to the Texas Hill Country in central Texas in the United States.[2][3]
Quercus laceyi seldom grows more than 35 feet (11 meters) tall, and has a stocky trunk. Its blue-green leaves are oblong and shallowly lobed to unlobed, but shade leaves can be deeply lobed; they most often turn yellow or brown in autumn.[2][4]
- Taxonomy
Quercus laceyi has been often confused with Quercus glaucoides, which is an evergreen oak native to central and southern Mexico.[3]
Distribution map of Quercus laceyi— in Texas and northeastern Mexico
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Quercus laceyi Small
- 1 2 Flora of North America: Quercus laceyi
- 1 2 Nixon, K. C. and C. H. Muller. 1992. The taxonomic resurrection of Quercus laceyi Small (Fagaceae). Sida 15: 57-69.
- ↑ Small, John Kunkel 1901. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 28(6): 358
External links
- Texas A&M University, "Lacey Oak Is A Real Texas Lady"
- photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1996
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