Quercus kelloggii |
Quercus gravesii |
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California black oak, Kellogg oak |
Chisos red oak, Graves oak |
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Habit | Trees, deciduous, to 25 m. Bark dark brown to black, ridges broad, irregular. | Trees, deciduous, to 13 m. Bark black, roughly furrowed. |
Twigs | brown to red-brown, (1.5-)2-3.5 mm diam., glabrate. |
light brown to dark reddish brown, (1-)1.5-2.5 mm diam., glabrous or glabrate. |
Leaves | blade ovate or broadly elliptic to obovate, 60-200 × 40-140 mm, base cordate to obtuse, occasionally rounded, margins with 7-11 lobes and 13-45 awns, lobes acute to distally expanded, separated by deep sinuses, apex acute; surfaces abaxially glabrous with small axillary tufts of tomentum to densely pubescent, adaxially glabrous to minutely pubescent, veins raised on both surfaces. |
blade ovate to elliptic, 45-140 × 20-120 mm, base rounded (rarely subcordate) to obtuse or cuneate, margins with 3-5 acute lobes, 9-20 awns, apex broadly obtuse or acute to attenuate, occasionally falcate; surfaces abaxially light green or coppery green, glabrous with small axillary tufts of tomentum or pubescent along midrib and veins, adaxially shiny or glossy, glabrous except for scattered pubescence near base and along midrib. |
Acorns | biennial; cup saucer-shaped to deeply bowl-shaped, 13-27 mm high × 20-28 mm wide, covering 1/2-2/3 nut, outer surface glabrous to sparsely puberulent, inner surface 1/3 to completely pubescent, scales more than 4 mm long, attenuate or acuminate to acute, smooth, occasionally tuberculate near base of cup, tips loose, especially at margin of cup; nut oblong to broadly ellipsoid, 21-34 × 14-22 mm, puberulent, especially at apex, scar diam. 5.5-10.5 mm. |
biennial; cup turbinate or deeply cup-shaped, 4.5-8.5 mm high × 7.5-12 mm wide, covering 1/3-1/2 nut, outer surface glabrate, inner surface glabrous to pubescent on inner 2/3, scale tips appressed, less than 4 mm, acute; nut ovoid to ellipsoid, rarely subglobose or oblong, 9-16 × 5.5-11 mm, occasionally striate, glabrous to puberulent, especially at apex, scar diam. 3-6 mm. |
Terminal | buds chestnut brown, ovoid, 4-10 mm, glabrous or with scales ciliate on margins. |
buds brown or reddish brown, ovoid or ellipsoid to subconic, 2-5 mm, glabrous or with tuft of hairs at apex. |
2n | = 24. |
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Quercus kelloggii |
Quercus gravesii |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | On slopes and valleys of hills and mountains | Davis, Glass, and Chisos mountains |
Elevation | 300-2400 m (1000-7900 ft) | above 1200 m (above 3900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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TX; n Mexico |
Discussion | The abundant crops of acorns from Quercus kelloggii were at one time an important food source for Native Americans. The species reportedly hybridizes with Quercus agrifolia (= Q. ×ganderi C. B. Wolf) and Q. wislizenii (= Q. ×morehus Kellogg). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Quercus gravesii reportedly hybridizes with Q. hypoleucoides. As noted above, forms of Q. gravesii and Q. robusta are easily confused and give the impression of belonging to a single morphologic continuum. Some authors have also used the name Quercus texana for Q. gravesii. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Fagaceae > Quercus > sect. Lobatae | Fagaceae > Quercus > sect. Lobatae |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Q. californica, Q. tinctoria var. californica | Q. chisosensis, Q. shumardii var. microcarpa, Q. stellipila, Q. texana var. chisosensis, Q. texana var. stellapila |
Name authority | Newberry: Pacif. Railr. Rep. 6: 28, 89, fig. 6. (1859) | Sudworth: Check List For. Trees U.S., 86. (1927) |
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