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Hinckley oak

Quercus hinckleyi

Also called Hinckley's Oak

Family
Fagaceae (Beech & oak family)
Grows as
Shrub
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Texas (Presidio Co.) to N. Mexico (N. Chihuahua, Sonora)
Climate
subtropical

About

Quercus hinckleyi, commonly called Hinckley oak, is a rare species in the white oak group (Quercus Section Quercus). It has a restricted range in the Chihuahuan Desert of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico (Chihuahua and Coahuila). In the US, it occurs in only two counties in southwestern Texas and is federally listed as a threatened species.

Where it grows

Quercus hinckleyi is known from just a few occurrences in Brewster and Presidio counties in West Texas, most of which occur in Big Bend Ranch State Park. It has also been recorded from Mexico, though the extent of its distribution there remains unknown. It grows in Chihuahuan Desert scrub habitat on dry desert slopes and rocky limestone soils.

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 hinckleyi 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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