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'''''Quercus tardifolia''''', the '''Chisos Mountains oak''' or '''lateleaf oak''', is a species of [[plant]] in the [[Fagaceae]] family. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[United States]].
'''''Quercus tardifolia''''', the '''Chisos Mountains oak''' or '''lateleaf oak''', is a rare North American species of [[trees]] in the [[Fagaceae|beech family]]. It has been found in the [[Chisos Mountains]] inside [[Big Bend National Park]] in [[Texas]], and in the nearby [[Sierra del Carmen]] across the [[Río Grande]] in northern [[Coahuila]].<ref>Nixon, K. ''et al.'' 1998. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/30958/all ''Quercus tardifolia'']. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 August 2007.</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Quercus%20tardifolia.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]</ref><ref name=tammy/>

''Quercus tardifolia'' is an evergreen tree with gray bark and reddish-brown twigs. Leaves are flat, up to 10 cm (4 inches) long, green on the upper surface but woolly hairs on the underside, with a few shallow lobes.<ref name=tammy>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233501088 Flora of North America, ''Quercus tardifolia'' C. H. Muller, 1936. Lateleaf oak ]</ref>


== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==
Chisos Mountains oak [[vernacular name]] is [[Eponym|eponymous]] with the [[Chisos Mountains]] range.
The common name Chisos Mountains oak refers to the [[Chisos Mountains]] range where the species was discovered.


{{Commons|Quercus tardifolia}}
{{Commons|Quercus tardifolia}}


==Source==
==References==
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* Nixon, K. ''et al.'' 1998. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/30958/all ''Quercus tardifolia'']. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 August 2007.
==External link==

*[http://www.arkive.org/chisos-mountains-oak/quercus-tardifolia/image-G101677.html Wildscreen Arkive, Chisos Mountains oak ''(Quercus tardifolia)''] photo of herbarium specimen
[[Category:Trees of the United States]]
*[http://conabio.inaturalist.org/observations/1221800 Conabio Naturalista, ''Quercus tardifolia''] photo of live specimen
[[Category:Quercus|tardifolia]]
[[Category:Flora of Texas]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1936]]
[[Category:Flora of Coahuila]]
[[Category:Big Bend National Park]]
[[Category:Critically endangered plants]]
[[Category:Critically endangered plants]]
[[Category:Quercus|tardifolia]]





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Q. tardifolia
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Quercus tardifolia

Quercus tardifolia, the Chisos Mountains oak or lateleaf oak, is a rare North American species of trees in the beech family. It has been found in the Chisos Mountains inside Big Bend National Park in Texas, and in the nearby Sierra del Carmen across the Río Grande in northern Coahuila.[1][2][3]

Quercus tardifolia is an evergreen tree with gray bark and reddish-brown twigs. Leaves are flat, up to 10 cm (4 inches) long, green on the upper surface but woolly hairs on the underside, with a few shallow lobes.[3]

Etymology

The common name Chisos Mountains oak refers to the Chisos Mountains range where the species was discovered.

References