Quercus john-tuckeri
| Tucker's 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 |
| Section: | Quercus sect. Quercus |
| Species: | Q. john-tuckeri
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| Quercus john-tuckeri | |
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Quercus john-tuckeri is a North American species of oak known by the common name Tucker oak, or Tucker's oak.[3] It is endemic to California, where it grows in the chaparral and oak woodlands of mountain slopes in the western Transverse Ranges, the southernmost Central Coast Ranges, and the margins of the Mojave Desert.[4] The species is named after John M. Tucker, professor of botany (1947-1986) at the University of California at Davis, specialist in Quercus. [3]
Description
Quercus john-tuckeri is a bushy shrub growing up to 2 to 5 meters (80-200 inches or 6.7-16.7 feet) in height, sometimes becoming treelike, exceeding six meters (20 feet). The branches are gray or brown, the twigs coated in short woolly fibers when new and becoming scaly with age. The evergreen leaves are leathery and thick, sometimes brittle. They are gray-green, the lower surface slightly paler. The undersides are hairy, the upper surfaces somewhat less so. The leaf blade is roughly oval, spine-toothed, and less than 4 centimeters (1.6 inches)long. The fruit is an acorn with a thin cap 1 to 1.5 centimeters (0.4-0.6 inch) wide and a nut 2 to 3 centimeters (0.8-1.2 inches) long.[5]
References
- ^ "Quercus john-tuckeri". iucnredlist.org. iucnredlist. 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
data
- ^ "Quercus john-tuckeri Nixon & C.H.Müll.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ^ a b Nixon, K. C. and C. H. Muller. (1994). New names in California oaks. Novon 4:4 391-93.
- ^ "Quercus john-tuckeri". Calflora. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database.
- ^ Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus john-tuckeri". 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.
External links
- Jepson Manual treatment
- Quercus john-tuckeri in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Quercus
- Endemic flora of California
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Plants described in 1952
- Fagales stubs