Quercus rugosa

Quercus rugosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Quercus
Section: Quercus sect. Quercus
Species:
Q. rugosa
Binomial name
Quercus rugosa
Natural range of Quercus rugosa
Synonyms[2]
List
  • Quercus conglomerata Trel.
  • Quercus decipiens M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Quercus diversicolor Trel.
  • Quercus dugesii (Trel.) A.Nelson
  • Quercus durangensis Trel.
  • Quercus innuncupata Trel.
  • Quercus macrophylla var. rugosa (Née) Wenz.
  • Quercus mellifera Ocampo
  • Quercus purpusii Trel.
  • Quercus reticulata Bonpl.
  • Quercus rhodophlebia Trel.
  • Quercus suchiensis E.F.Warb.
  • Quercus uhdeana Trel.
  • Quercus vellifera Trel.

Quercus rugosa, commonly known as the netleaf oak, is a broad-leaved tree in the beech and oak family Fagaceae. It is native to southern North America.

Description

Quercus rugosa is an evergreen shrub or tree.[3] The bark is brown and scaly. The leaves are thick and leathery, rarely flat, usually cupped, up to 15 centimetres (6 inches) long, dark green on the top but covered with a thick of reddish-brown hairs on the underside.[4][5] The young leaves are also very hairy and usually red or yellow.

Name

Quercus rugosa is Latin for "wrinkled oak". In Spanish it has many common names, like "encino negro" (black oak) or "encino quiebra hacha" (axe-breaking oak). Colloquially it is known as "chaparro", a word which has also passed into the lexicon as slang for a short person.

Distribution

It is widespread in Mexico, Guatemala and the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas).[6][7][8][9][10] It grows extensively in the temperate highlands of central Mexico, particularly on hillsides and in narrow gorges, between 1,800 and 2,900 meters elevation.[1] It is associated and usually coexists with other oaks, alders, pines and Texas madrones. The Netleaf Oak has been widely planted in California cities as a drought-tolerant street tree, following street tree die-offs during dry spells[11].

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Jerome, D. 2017. Quercus rugosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T194227A2305094. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T194227A2305094.en. Accessed on 18 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Quercus rugosa Née. The World Flora Online. Accessed 17 October 2022.
  3. ↑ CONABIO, Quercus rugosa
  4. ↑ Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus rugosa". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  5. ↑ Née, Luis. 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3(9): 275 short diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in Spanish
  6. ↑ NRCS. "Quercus rugosa". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2008-05-17.
  7. ↑ Kartesz, John T. (2014). "Quercus rugosa". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP).
  8. ↑ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, arizona chapter
  9. ↑ McVaugh, Rogers. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93.
  10. ↑ Romero Rangel, S., E. C. Rojas Zenteno & M. L. Aguilar Enríquez. 2002. El género Quercus (Fagaceae) en el estado de México. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89(4): 551–593
  11. ↑ Muffly, David (May 2023). "New Oak Introductions for California". International Oak Society. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
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