Quercus fusiformis

Taxobox
name = Texas Live Oak

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = An old Texas Live Oak at the Alamo.
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fagales
familia = Fagaceae
genus = "Quercus"
sectio = "Quercus"
species = "Q. fusiformis"
binomial = "Quercus fusiformis"

"Quercus fusiformis", commonly known as Texas Live Oak, is an evergreen or nearly evergreen tree native to the southern United States. In Texas, it occurs from about Corpus Christi west to the Pecos River, north to southern Oklahoma, and also south into adjacent northeastern Mexico in Coahuila and Nuevo León.

This live oak in the white oak section of the genus "Quercus" is distinguished from Southern live oak most easily by the acorns, which are slightly larger and with a more pointed apex. It is also a smaller tree, not exceeding 1m in trunk diameter (to 2.5m diameter in Southern live oak), with more erect branching and a less wide crown.

Texas live oak is typically found on dry sites, unlike Southern live oak which prefers moister conditions.

References

* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233501031 Flora of North America - "Quercus fusiformis"]

External links

* [http://wildflower.utexas.edu/plants/result.php?id_plant=QUFU Native Plant Information Network] More information on "Quercus fusiformis"