| Quercus hinckleyi | |
| Author | C.H.Muller 1951 Contr. Texas Res. Found., Bot. Stud. 1: 40 |
| Synonyms | |
| Local names | Hinckley’s oak |
| Range | Texas (Presidio
County, threatened species); Mexico (North Chihuahua); less than 1500
m ; very restricted area; |
| Growth habit | dwarf (not exceeding
1.2 m); multiple trunks; densely branched; |
| Leaves | 0.5-1.5 cm long
(longer in cultivation); evergreen; leathery; thick; broadly elliptic
to almost orbicular; apex obtuse or pointed, base cordate; margin wavy,
coarsely toothed; glabrous, greyish green on both sides; petiole pubescetn,
2 mm long; |
| Flowers | spring; |
| Fruits | acorn 1.2 cm
long, oval; brown; singly or paired; cup subsessile, shallow, with appressed,
warty scales; maturing in 1 year; |
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Bark, twigs and |
bark scaly, grey; twig pale brown, bloomy, smooth or weakly hairy; bud globose, very small (0.5-1 mm), red brown, hairless; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardiness zone : 7; prefers calcareous, rocky, dry slopes; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 182 ; -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Leucomexicanae; -- Threatened (IUCN Red List Category : CR) |
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