Quercus emoryi

Quercus emoryi
	Quercus emoryi
Systematics
Class :	Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
	Eurosiden I
Order :	Beech-like (Fagales)
Family :	Beech family (Fagaceae)
Genre :	Oak trees ( Quercus )
Type :	Quercus emoryi
Scientific name
	Quercus emoryi
	Torr.

Quercus emoryi is a plant from the genus of oak ( Quercus ) within the family of Fagaceae (Fagaceae). An English-speaking common name is Emory oak, a Spanish-speaking common name is Bellota.

description

Branches with foliage leaves

Vegetative characteristics

Quercus emoryi is an evergreen woody plant that keeps its leaves through the winter until new leaves appear in the following spring. Quercus emoryi grows as a large shrub or small tree and reaches heights of 5 to 17 meters.

The leaves are 3 to 6 inches long, their edge is wavy and serrated. The upper side of the leaf is dark green and the lower side is lighter.

Generative characteristics

The acorns are 1.5 to 2 inches long and blackish-brown.

ecology

Quercus emoryi acorns ripen 6 to 8 months after pollination . Their core is sweet and therefore important as food for many mammals and birds .

Natural range

Occurrence and endangerment

Quercus emoryi occurs in the southwestern United States in Arizona (including Saguaro National Park ), New Mexico , in western Texas (including Big Bend National Park ) and in northern Mexico in Sonora , Chihuahua , Coahuila (including Parque Nacional Maderas del Carmen ), Durango , Nuevo León and San Luis Potosí . Typically it grows on dry hills of medium altitude.

In 2017, the IUCN classified Quercus emoryi as “least concern” = “not endangered”.

Systematics

The first description of Quercus emoryi was made in 1848 by John Torrey in William Hemsley Emory : Notes of a Military reconnoissance , p 151, Table ninth

The specific epithet emoryi honors the surveyor of the United States Army , Lieutenant William Hemsley Emory, who had to survey the area of West Texas where Quercus emoryi was discovered in 1846. Synonyms for Quercus emoryi Torr. are: Quercus balsequillana Trel. , Quercus duraznillo Trel. , Quercus hastata Liebm.

Quercus emoryi belongs to the Lobatae section in the subgenus Quercus within the genus Quercus .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Quercus emoryi in the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN 2019-2. Posted by: E. Beckman, D. Jerome, 2017-02-14. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Kevin C. Nixon: Fagaceae. In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.): Flora of North America North of Mexico , Volume 3 - Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae , Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford 1997, ISBN 0-19-511246-6 : Quercus emoryi Torrey in WH Emory - online with the same text as the printed work.
↑ Quercus emoryi Torr. . In: SEINet . Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
↑ Quercus emoryi, 2014 county distribution map . Biota of North America Program. Retrieved June 12, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Quercus emoryi - collection of images, videos and audio files

USDA Plants Profile - Quercus emoryi from the United States Department of Agriculture.

[IUCN-1] Quercus emoryi in the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN 2019-2. Posted by: E. Beckman, D. Jerome, 2017-02-14. Retrieved October 1, 2019.

[FoNA-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Kevin C. Nixon: Fagaceae. In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.): Flora of North America North of Mexico , Volume 3 - Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae , Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford 1997, ISBN 0-19-511246-6 : Quercus emoryi Torrey in WH Emory - online with the same text as the printed work.

[SEINet-3] Quercus emoryi Torr. . In: SEINet . Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter. Retrieved June 26, 2019.

[BONAP-4] Quercus emoryi, 2014 county distribution map . Biota of North America Program. Retrieved June 12, 2019.