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Quercus sadleriana
Quercus sadleriana is a species of oak known by the common names Sadler's oak and deer oak. It is native to southwestern Oregon and far northern California in the Klamath Mountains.[2] It grows in coniferous forests.[3] It is placed in section Ponticae.[4]
| Quercus sadleriana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Quercus |
| Section: | Quercus sect. Ponticae |
| Species: | Q. sadleriana |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus sadleriana | |
Description edit
Quercus sadleriana is an evergreen[3] shrub growing 1 to 3 meters (3+1⁄2 to 10 feet) tall from a root network with rhizomes. The leaves are reminiscent of chestnut leaves, oval with toothed edges and rounded, faintly pointed ends. The fruit is an acorn with a cap between 1 and 2 centimetres (1⁄2 and 3⁄4 inch) wide and a spherical or egg-shaped, round-ended nut up to 2 cm (3⁄4 in) long.[5][6]
References edit
- ^ Beckman , E. (2016). "Quercus sadleriana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "Quercus sadleriana". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
- ^ a b "Quercus sadleriana". Calflora. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database.
- ^ Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017). "Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks" (xls). figshare. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ^ Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus sadleriana". 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.
- ^ Brown, Robert (of Campster). 1871. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 4, volume 7: 249-250
External links edit
- Jepson Manual treatment
- Quercus sadleriana in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley