Lacey oak | |
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Scientific classification
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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
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Binomial name | |
Quercus laceyi | |
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Natural range of Quercus laceyi | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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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]
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]
Quercus laceyi is often found in association with limestone outcrops. [6]