Quercus breviloba

Quercus breviloba, commonly referred to as the bastard oak or shallow-lobed oak, is a species of oak tree[1] that grows in parts of the Southern United States and Northeastern Mexico.

Shallow-lobed oak
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fagales
Family:
Fagaceae
Genus:
Quercus
Section:
Quercus
Species:
Q. breviloba
Binomial name
Quercus breviloba

Taxonomy

Synonymous names for the tree species include Quercus durandii var. breviloba (Torr.) Palmer and Q. sinuata var. breviloba (Torr.) C. H. Mull.[1][2]

Description

The Quercus breviloba tree grows to a height of 12 m, with an 81 cm diameter at breast height and gray flaking bark.[1] Leaves range from 3–8 cm long by 2–4.5 cm wide, with "broadly rounded and bristless" tips.[1] Leaf shapes are "narrowly obovate to oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic".[1] Twigs are glabrous or may have "scattered hairs".[1] Leaf undersides have "numerous minute sessile stelate hairs with horizonatally spreading rays".[1]

Distribution

Quercus breviloba grows in the states of Oklahoma and Texas,[2][3] and the northern Mexico states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas.[3]

References
  1. Duncan, Wilbur H.; Marion B. Duncan (1988). Trees of the Southeastern United States. Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia Press. pp. 275. ISBN 0-8203-1469-2.
  2. "PLANTS Profile for Quercus sinuata var. breviloba (bastard oak)". PLANTS database. USDA. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
  3. "Quercus durandii var. breviloba". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2009-07-28.


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