Quercus polymorpha
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Quercus polymorpha, the Mexican white oak, Monterrey oak or netleaf white oak, is a North American species of oak. It is widespread in Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, and known from a single population in the United States (about 30 km north of the Río Grande in Val Verde County, Texas) but widely planted as an ornamental.[3][4][5][6][7]
Quercus polymorpha is a subevergreen tree up to 20 meters (67 feet) tall. Bark is gray or brown. Leaves are elliptical or egg-shaped, up to 15 cm (6 inches) long, unlobed or with a few shallow rounded lobes.[3]
References
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- ↑ The Plant List, Quercus polymorpha Schltdl. & Cham.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Flora of North America, Quercus polymorpha Schlechtendal & Chamisso, 1830. Net-leaf white oak
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Muller, C. H. 1942. The Central American species of Quercus. United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Plant Industry. Miscellaneous Publication 477: 1–216
- ↑ Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.
- ↑ Texas A&M Forest Service, Trees of Texas
External links
- photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1991
- Beat Springs Blossom, Nature Education includes photos
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas includes photos
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