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Quercus sinuata is a deciduous tree up to 20 metres (67 feet) tall. Leaves are narrow, with shallow rounded lobes. It tends to grow in wet habitats, such as on river bluffs, river bottoms, and flatwoods, and generally over basic substrates, such as mafic rocks, shells, or calcareous sediment.
Quercus sinuata var. sinuata, commonly called Durand oak, is a variety of Quercus sinuata, a species of oak tree [1] that grows in parts of the southern United States and northeastern Mexico. [ 2 ] The common name Durand white oak most often refers to this taxon . [ 3 ]
The genus Quercus contains about 500 known species, plus about 180 hybrids between them. [1] The genus, as is the case with many large genera, is divided into subgenera and sections. Traditionally, the genus Quercus was divided into the two subgenera Cyclobalanopsis, the ring-cupped oaks, and Quercus, which included
Quercus sinuata var. breviloba (Latin quercus, "oak" + sinuata, species epithet from nominative feminine singular of Latin sinuatus [13], participle of sinuo, "to bend or bow out in curves" [14] + var. (variety or varietas) breviloba, a combination of Latin brevis, "short," [15] and loba, "lobed") is an infraspecific scientific name inspired by ...
Quercus stellata, the post oak or iron oak, is a North American species of oak in the white oak section. It is a slow-growing oak that lives in dry areas on the edges of fields, tops of ridges, and also grows in poor soils, and is resistant to rot, fire , and drought .
Quercus falcata: southern red oak Fagaceae (beech family) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes IUCN (LC) 812 Quercus fusiformis: escarpment live oak Fagaceae (beech family) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Quercus gambelii: Gambel oak Fagaceae (beech family) Yes IUCN (LC) 814 Quercus gravesii: Chisos red oak Fagaceae (beech family) Yes IUCN (LC) Quercus grisea: gray oak
Quercus pagoda, the cherrybark oak, is one of the most highly valued red oaks in the southern United States. It is larger and better formed than southern red oak and commonly grows on more moist sites.
Quercus sect. Quercus has been known, either in whole or part, by a variety of names in the past, including Quercus sect. Albae, Quercus sect. Macrocarpae and Quercus sect. Mesobalanus. Members of the section may be called white oaks. The section includes all white oaks from North America (treated by Trelease as subgenus Leucobalanus). [2]