Quercus laceyi, the Lacey oak, is a small to medium-size deciduous oak tree which is native to northeastern Mexico (Coahuila and Nuevo León) and to the Texas Hill Country in central Texas in the United States.[3][4]

Lacey oak
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Quercus
Section: Quercus sect. Quercus
Species:
Q. laceyi
Binomial name
Quercus laceyi
Natural range of Quercus laceyi
Synonyms[2]
  • Quercus breviloba subsp. laceyi (Small) A.Camus
  • Quercus breviloba f. laceyi (Small) Trel.

Description

edit

Quercus laceyi seldom grows more than 35 feet (11 meters) tall, and has a stocky trunk. Its blue-green leaves are oblong and shallowly lobed to unlobed, but shade leaves can be deeply lobed; they most often turn yellow or brown in autumn.[3][5]

Quercus laceyi has often been confused with Quercus glaucoides, which is an evergreen oak native to central and southern Mexico.[4]

Habitat

edit

Quercus laceyi is often found in association with limestone outcrops.[6]

References

edit
  1. ^ Kenny, L.; Wenzell, K.; Jerome, D. (2017). "Quercus laceyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T72420423A86599508. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T72420423A86599508.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Quercus laceyi Small". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  3. ^ a b Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus laceyi". 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.
  4. ^ a b Nixon, K. C.; Muller, C. H. (1992). The taxonomic resurrection of Quercus laceyi Small (Fagaceae). Sida volume 15. pp. 57–69.
  5. ^ Small, John Kunkel (1901). "Shrubs and Trees of the Southern States—IV". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 28 (6): 358.
  6. ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center".
edit