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Chisos oak

Quercus graciliformis

Also called Slender Oak

Chisos oak
Photo: U.S. Geological Survey, Public domain
Family
Fagaceae (Beech & oak family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Texas (Brewster Co.: Chisos Mts.)
Climate
subtropical

About

Quercus graciliformis (also known as the Chisos oak or slender oak) is a rare North American species of oak tree.

Where it grows

The species has been found only in the Chisos Mountains, within Big Bend National Park of West Texas. It may also be native the state of Coahuila in northeast Mexico. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Quercus plants

Quercus acatenangensis · Mapleleaf oak · Quercus acherdophylla · Quercus acrodonta · Quercus aculcingensis · Red Wood Evergreen Oak · Quercus acutangula · Quercus acutifolia · Sawtooth oak · Quercus aerea · African Oak · Quercus affinis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Quercus graciliformis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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