Quercus oleoides
| Quercus oleoides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Section: | Quercus |
| Series: | Virentes |
| Species: | Q. oleoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus oleoides Schltdl. & Cham. [1] | |
Quercus oleoides, with Spanish common names encina or encino, is a species of oak in the Fagaceae family. It grows in dry forests and pastureland of lowest North America and of Central America, from Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica to Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Quercus oleoides is a slow-growing tree, reaching 8–15 metres (26–49 ft) in height. Its pale gray leaves are evergreen, thick, hard, 4 to 11 cm long, 2 to 5 cm wide, oblong or elliptic. It flowers from December through May, with male catkins that are 3 to 4 cm long, and female catkins that are 3 to 30 mm long, containing one to six flowers, each about 7 mm long.
Its wood is extremely heavy with intercrossed grains; the sapwood is white, and heartwood brown.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Quercus oleoides |
- ↑ This species was first described and published under the name Quercus oleoides in Linnaea, 5:79. 1830. "Plant Name Details for Quercus oleoides". IPNI. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Quercus oleoides. |
- GBIF entry - Quercus oleoides
- Arctos Database entry
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute entry - Quercus oleoides
- Plants of Viñales pictorial guide - Quercus oleoides subsp. sagraeana