Quercus rugosa
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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''Quercus rugosa'' is an [[evergreen]] shrub or tree.[http://www.conabio.gob.mx/conocimiento/info_especies/arboles/doctos/31-fagac10m.pdf CONABIO'', Quercus rugosa''] The [[Bark (botany)|bark]] is brown and scaly. The [[leaves]] are thick and leathery, rarely flat, usually cupped, up to 15 centimetres (6 inches) long, dark green on the top but covered with a thick of reddish-brown hairs on the underside.{{eFloras|1|233501080|Quercus rugosa |first=Kevin C. |last=Nixon |volume=3}}[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8009577#page/276/mode/1up Née, Luis. 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3(9): 275] short diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in Spanish The young leaves are also very hairy and usually red or yellow. |
''Quercus rugosa'' is an [[evergreen]] shrub or tree.[http://www.conabio.gob.mx/conocimiento/info_especies/arboles/doctos/31-fagac10m.pdf CONABIO'', Quercus rugosa''] The [[Bark (botany)|bark]] is brown and scaly. The [[leaves]] are thick and leathery, rarely flat, usually cupped, up to 15 centimetres (6 inches) long, dark green on the top but covered with a thick of reddish-brown hairs on the underside.{{eFloras|1|233501080|Quercus rugosa |first=Kevin C. |last=Nixon |volume=3}}[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8009577#page/276/mode/1up Née, Luis. 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3(9): 275] short diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in Spanish The young leaves are also very hairy and usually red or yellow. |
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[[File:Quercus rugosa (detail).jpg|thumb|Leaves and acorns]] |
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== Name == |
== Name == |
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''Quercus rugosa'' is [[Latin]] for "wrinkled oak". In [[Spanish language|Spanish]] it has many common names, like "encino negro" (black oak) or "encino quiebra hacha" (axe-breaking oak). Colloquially it is known as "chaparro", a word which has also passed into the lexicon as slang for a short person. |
''Quercus rugosa'' is [[Latin]] for "wrinkled oak". In [[Spanish language|Spanish]] it has many common names, like "encino negro" (black oak) or "encino quiebra hacha" (axe-breaking oak). Colloquially it is known as "chaparro", a word which has also passed into the lexicon as slang for a short person. |
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