Quercus laceyi
{{Short description|Species of oak tree}}
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{{speciesbox
| name = Lacey oak
| image = Quercus Laceyi.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Quercus
| display_parents = 2
| parent = Quercus sect. Quercus
| species = laceyi
| authority = Small
| range_map = Quercus laceyi range map 1.png
| range_map_caption = Natural range of Quercus laceyi
| synonyms = * Quercus breviloba subsp. laceyi (Small) A.Camus
- Quercus breviloba f. laceyi (Small) Trel.
}}
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.{{cite book |author=Nixon, K. C. |author2=Muller, C. H. |date=1992 |title=The taxonomic resurrection of Quercus laceyi Small (Fagaceae). |pages=57–69 | publisher=Sida volume 15| url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9301558}}
Description
Quercus laceyi seldom grows more than {{convert|35|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} 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.{{eFloras|1|233501053|Quercus laceyi|family=Fagaceae |first=Kevin C. |last=Nixon}}{{cite journal |last=Small |first=John Kunkel |date=1901 |title=Shrubs and Trees of the Southern States—IV |periodical=Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club |volume=28 |issue=6 |page=[https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/728926 358]}}
Quercus laceyi has often been confused with Quercus glaucoides, which is an evergreen oak native to central and southern Mexico.
Habitat
Quercus laceyi is often found in association with limestone outcrops.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=qula|title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center}}
References
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External links
- [https://texassuperstar.com/plants/oaklacey/lacey.html Texas Superstar®, by Texas A&M University, "Lacey Oak Is A Real Texas Lady"]
- [http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100020057 photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1996]
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Category:Trees of Northern America
Category:Taxa named by John Kunkel Small
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