Quercus pumila |
Quercus graciliformis |
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runner oak, running oak |
Chisos oak |
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Habit | Shrubs, deciduous or tardily deciduous, to 1 m. Bark gray to dark brown. | Trees, tardily deciduous, to 8 m. Bark gray, furrowed. |
Twigs | gray-brown to reddish brown, 1-2 mm diam., sparsely to uniformly pubescent. |
straw colored to brown or deep reddish brown, 1-2 mm diam., glabrate or somewhat pubescent at apex. |
Leaves | blade oblong to narrowly obovate, 25-100 × 10-33 mm, base acute to rounded, margins entire, revolute, with 1 apical awn, apex acute or obtuse to rounded; surfaces abaxially uniformly gray-brown pubescent, rarely glabrate, adaxially somewhat convex, rugose, glabrous or with scattered hairs along midrib. |
blade lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, widest proximal to middle, 45-90 × 10-25 mm, base rounded to cuneate, margins entire or with 8-10 teeth or shallow lobes with rounded sinuses, awns 1-9, apex acute to long-attenuate; surfaces abaxially glabrous or occasionally with small axillary tufts of tomentum, adaxially glabrous except for scattered pubescence near base and along midrib. |
Acorns | annual; cup deeply saucer-shaped to turbinate, 5-12 mm high × 10-15 mm wide, covering 1/3-1/2(-2/3) nut, outer surface pubescent, inner surface densely pubescent, scales rarely involute, often tuberculate, tips tightly appressed, acute; nut globose to ovoid or broadly oblong, 9.5-15 × 9-12 mm, glabrate, scar diam. 5-8 mm. |
biennial; cup saucer- to shallowly bowl-shaped, 4-6 mm high × 7-10 mm wide, covering 1/4-1/3 nut, outer surface puberulent to glabrate, inner surface uniformly pubescent, scales appressed, acute, occasionally tuberculate at base; nut ovoid to narrowly ellipsoid, 9-18 × 7-10 mm, minutely puberulent, scar diam. 3-4.5 mm. |
Terminal | buds brown to red-brown, ovoid, 2.5-4.5 mm, glabrous or with ciliate scale margins. |
buds glossy brown or red-brown, ovoid, 1.5-3 mm, minutely ciliate. |
Quercus pumila |
Quercus graciliformis |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Dry sandy soils of savannahs, low ridges and oak-pine scrub, occasionally at margins of poorly drained sites | Dry rocky canyons of the Chisos Mountains |
Elevation | 0-100 m (0-300 ft) | 0-1650 m (0-5400 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; FL; GA; MS; NC; SC
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TX |
Discussion | Although no hybrid combinations have been formally proposed, D. M. Hunt (1989) has reported evidence of hybridization with Quercus hemisphaerica, Q. incana, Q. myrtifolia, and Q. phellos. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Quercus graciliformis reportedly hybridizes with Q. emoryi. (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. canbyi, Q. graciliformis var. parvilobata | |
Name authority | Walter: Fl. Carol., 234. (1788) | C. H. Muller: Torreya 34: 120. (1934) |
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