Quercus sinuata

Quercus sinuata, the bastard oak,[3] bastard white oak,[4] or Durand oak,[4] is a North American species of oak. It is native to northern Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas) as well as to the southeastern and south-central United States (from Texas and Oklahoma to the Carolinas).[4][5]

Quercus sinuata
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Subgenus:	Quercus subg. Quercus
Section:	Quercus sect. Quercus
Species:	Q. sinuata
Binomial name
Quercus sinuata Walter
Natural range of Quercus sinuata
Synonyms[2]
List Quercus durandii Buckley Quercus emoryi Porter & Coult. Quercus pagoda f. sinuata (Walter) Trel. Quercus sinuata f. durandii (Buckley) Trel. Quercus undulata Engelm. Quercus undulata var. grandifolia Engelm. Perytis annulata Raf. Quercus annulata Buckley Quercus breviloba (Torr.) Sarg. Quercus breviloba f. argentata Trel. Quercus breviloba subsp. pseudocrispata (A.Camus) A.Camus Quercus breviloba f. san-sabeana (Buckley) Buckley Quercus durandii var. breviloba (Torr.) E.J.Palmer Quercus durandii var. san-sabeana (Buckley) Buckley Quercus obtusifolia var. breviloba Torr. Quercus pseudocrispata A.Camus Quercus san-sabeana Buckley Quercus sinuata subsp. breviloba (Torr.) A.E.Murray Quercus undulata var. breviloba (Torr.) Engelm.

Description

Quercus sinuata is a deciduous tree up to 20 meters (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.[4][6]

Varieties

Varieties[2][4]

• Quercus sinuata var. breviloba (Torr.) C.H.Mull. - Texas, Oklahoma, Mexico
• Quercus sinuata var. sinuata - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Carolinas, Texas

References

1. "Quercus sinuata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015. 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2017. dataold-form url
2. "Quercus sinuata Walter". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
3. "Quercus sinuata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
4. Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus sinuata". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 3. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
5. "Quercus sinuata". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
6. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States by Alan S. Weakley

External links

Data related to Quercus sinuata at Wikispecies